Transport in Senegal
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[edit] Railways
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) gauge (70 km double track)
[edit] Specifications
- Brakes: Air brakes. [1]
- Couplings
- Twin buffer, hook and chain as per Europe for original stock
- Chopper for 2008 Stock from India with transition wagon[3].
[edit] Railway links to adjacent countries
Mauritania - no - break of gauge - 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) gauge
Mali - yes - 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) gauge
Guinea - no - 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) and 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) gauges
Guinea-Bissau - no railways to link to
The Gambia - no railways to link to
[edit] Transrail
[edit] Maps
[edit] External links
[edit] Towns served by rail
[edit] Existing
- Bambey
- Diourbel - junction for Touba, Mbaké
- Gossas
- Guinguinéo - junction for Kaolack and Lydiane
- Kaffrine
- Niahène
- Koungheul
- Koumpentoum
- Koussanar
- Tambacounda - provincial capital and proposed junction
- Bala
- Goudiri
Kidira - border with Mali- Nayé - border with Mali
- Kayes , Mali
- Bamako , Mali - capital
[edit] Proposed
- Ziguinchor [4]
- Tambacounda - provincial capital and proposed junction
- Kédougou - proposed branch terminus [5]
[edit] Closed
[edit] Timeline
[edit] 2007
- October - order for 70 air braked coaches from Rail Coach Factory in India[6].
- Proposed 750 km rail line to Faleme River region of South East Senegal for iron ore traffic. [7]
[edit] 2006
- August 2006 - RITES of India to supply 5 metre-gauge locomotives, with vacuum brakes converted to air brakes.
[edit] 2000
- proposed gauge conversion from 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) to 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) [8] [9]
[edit] Ground transport
There were an estimated 4,271 km of paved roads and 10,305 km of unpaved roads as of 1996.
Taxis (black-yellow or blue-yellow in color) are cheap, numerous and available everywhere in Dakar.[10] It is customary to negotiate the fare since most meters installed in the taxis are broken or missing.[10] For travel outside Dakar, public transportation is available but often unreliable and uncomfortable.[10]
[edit] Waterways
897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum River.
[edit] Ports and harbours
Dakar has one of the largest deep-water seaports along the West African coast.[10] Its deep-draft structure and 640 foot-wide access channel allows round-the-clock access to the port.[10] Its current infrastructure includes tanker vessel loading and unloading terminals, a container terminal with a storage capacity of 3000 20-foot-equivalent units, a cereals and fishing port, a dedicated phosphate terminal and a privately run ship repair facility.[10] The port’s location at the extreme western point of Africa, at the crossroad of the major sea-lanes linking Europe to South America, makes it a natural port of call for shipping companies.[10] Total freight traffic averages 10 million metric tons.[10]
[edit] Airports
There were an estimated 20 airports in 1999.
The Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is the hub of the sub-region.[10] Dakar is linked to numerous African cities by air, and daily flights go to Europe.[10] Delta flies daily to/from Atlanta/Dakar/Johannesburg.[10] SAA flies daily to New York and Washington, D.C. from Johannesburg via Dakar.[10]
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Indian MG coaches for Senegal/Mali - Railpage Australia Forums (Africa)
- ^ http://www.derbysulzers.com/frenchwestafrica.html
- ^ Senegal 2008
- ^ Opportunities
- ^ Janes World Railways 2002–2003 p317
- ^ Rail Coach Factory
- ^ Marketwatch
- ^ Senegal Railways | International Railway Journal | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Les Grands Projets
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Senegal Country Commercial Guide 2008. U.S. Commercial Service (2008). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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