TGM

For other uses, see TGM (disambiguation).

Tunis-Goulette-Marsa
A TGM train at Sidi Bou Saïd
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Tunis, La Goulette, Le Kram, Carthage, and La Marsa, Tunisia
Termini	Tunis Marin (south) Marsa Plage (north)
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	1872
Operator(s)	Société des transports de Tunis
Character	Surface
Technical
Line length	19 kilometres (11.8 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Catenary
Route map Legend Métro léger de Tunis Tunis Marine Le Bac La Goulette Nouvelle Goulette La Goulette Casino Khereddine L'Aéroport Le Kram Carthage Salammbô Carthage Byrsa Carthage Dermech Carthage Hannibal Carthage Présidence Carthage Amilcar Sidi Bou Said Sidi Dhrif La Corniche Marsa Plage

Tunis-Goulette-Marsa or TGM is a 19 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (standard gauge) Tunisian railway line linking the capital Tunis with La Marsa via La Goulette.

The TGM was the first railway in Tunisia and inaugurated in 1872. Since 1905 it has been known as the TGM. It is part of the transportation system of the Tunis area, and together with the light rail of Tunis (Le métro léger de Tunis) managed by the Société des transports de Tunis (Transtu). Transtu was founded in 2003 by joining the Société du métro léger de Tunis (SMLT, founded 1981) and the Société nationale de transports (SNT, founded 1963).

Stations

• Tunis Marine
• Le Bac
• La Goulette
• La Goulette Neuve
• La Goulette Casino
• Khereddine
• Aéroport
• Le Kram
• Carthage Salammbô
• Carthage Byrsa
• Carthage Dermech
• Carthage Hannibal
• Carthage Présidence
• Carthage Amilcar
• Sidi Bou Saïd
• Sidi Dhrif
• La Corniche
• Marsa Plage

See also

• SNCFT
• Société des transports de Tunis

External links

• Tunisia360 TGM-thread