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Country | City | System [1] [2] | Length km |
Gauge | Power | Max Speed km/h |
Started | Opened | Lines | Stations | Population millions Metro |
Code | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya | Nairobi | Nairobi rail service | 160 | 1000 mm | Diesel | ??? | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | AA | hh | ||
Kenya | Nairobi | Nairobi Light Rail | ?? | Electric | LR | nn | |||||||
Benin | Cotonou-Pahou | Bénirail, Blueline |
25 | 1000 mm | Diesel | ??? | 2014 | 1 | 0.7 | FF | cc [3] | ||
South Africa | Gauteng | Gautrain | 80 | 1435 mm | 25 kV AC OHW | 160 to 180 km/h [4] | 2006 [5] | 2010 | 2 | 10 | 14.3 | GG | zz |
South Africa | Gauteng | Metrorail Gauteng - PRASA | 1450 [6] | 1067 mm | 3 kVDC OHW | 90 km/h [7] | 1887 [8] | 1889 [9] | 16 | 219 | 14.3 | LR | aa |
South Africa | Durban | Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal - PRASA | 270 [10] | 1067 mm | 3 kVDC OHW | 90 km/h [11] | 1860 [12] | 1860 | 7 | 99 | 3.8 | XX | aa |
South Africa | Port Elizabeth | Metrorail Eastern Cape - PRASA | 31 [13] | 1067 mm | Diesel | 90 km/h | 1873 [14] | 1873 | 1 | 10 | 1.2 | XX | aa |
South Africa | East London | Metrorail Eastern Cape - PRASA | 39 [15] | 1067 mm | Diesel | 90 km/h | 1880 [16] | 1880 | 1 | 18 | 0.8 | XX | aa |
South Africa | Cape Town | Metrorail Western Cape - PRASA | 438 [17] | 1067 mm | 3 kVDC OHW | 90 km/h [18] | 1863 [19] | 1863 | 5 | 127 | 3.7 | XX | aa |
Algeria | Algiers | SNTF | 126,50 | 1435 mm | ??? | 3 | 5.0 | hh | |||||
Algeria | Algiers | Algiers Metro | 13 | 1435 mm | 750 V DC TR-SC | ??? | 2011 | 1 | 14 | . | AA | kk | |
Algeria | Algiers | Algiers tramway | 16 | 1435 mm | OHW | ??? | 2011 | 1 | . | FF | mm | ||
Algeria | Oran | Oran tramway | 19 | 1435 mm | OHW | ??? | 2013 | . | FF | mm | |||
Algeria | Constantine | Constantine tramway | 15 | 1435 mm | OHW | ??? | 2013 | . | FF | mm | |||
Morocco | ONCF | 3 kVDC OHW | ??? | 0 | UU | gg | |||||||
Morocco | Marrakesh | Marrakesh tramway | 0 | 1435 mm | N/A | ??? | ! | MM | Proposed | ||||
Morocco | Casablanca | Casablanca tramway | 31 | 1435 mm | OHW | ??? | 2009 | 2012 | 1 | 48 | 4.2 | MM | rr |
Morocco | Rabat-Salé | Rabat-Salé tramway | 19 | 1435 mm | OHW | ??? | 2011 | 31 | 2.1 | NN | uu | ||
Egypt | Alexandria | 1435 mm | Diesel | ??? | 4.5 | PP | ff | ||||||
Egypt | Cairo | Cairo Metro | 78 | 1435 mm | Electric | ??? | 1987 | 3 | 61 | 10.2 | CC | jj | |
Egypt | (new capital) | new Egypt capital | 68 | 1435 mm | Electric | ??? | 2019 | ?? | ? | ?? | ?? | LR | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Métro léger de Tunis | 32 | 1435 mm | 750 V DC OHW | ??? | 1981 | 1986 | 6 | 66 | 2.6 | BB | [21] |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam commuter rail | 12 21 |
1067 mm 1000 mm |
Diesel | ??? | 2012 | 2012 | 2 1 |
4.3 | CC | zz | |
Senegal | Dakar-Thiès | Petit train de banlieue | 80 | 1000 mm | Diesel | ??? | 1987 | 1 | 2.4 | HH | ee | ||
Senegal | Dakar | Train Express Regional | 54 | 1435 mm | 25 kV AC | ??? | 2016 | 2018 | 1 | 4.6 | HK | Airport | |
Angola | Luanda-Viana-Catete | Luanda Railway | 65 | 1067 mm | Diesel | ??? | 2010 | 1 | 14 | 6.5 | AA | cc | |
Angola | Lobito | Benguela railway | 1067 mm | Diesel | ??? | . | BB | oo | |||||
Angola | Namibe | Moçâmedes Railway | 1067 mm | Diesel | km/h | xx | ; | JJ | dd | ||||
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa Light Rail | 32 | 1435 mm | 750 V DC OHW | km/h | 2012 | 2015 | 2 | 39 | ?? | LR | [24] |
Nigeria | Lagos | Lagos Light Rail | 1435 mm | Electric TR | km/h | 2 | 21.0 | LR | nn | ||||
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Abidjan Metro | 37 | 1435 mm | Electric | 80 | 2015 | 2020 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | AA | cc [26] |
Uganda | Kampala | Kampala Capital City Authority, Rift Valley Railways, Uganda Railways Corporation |
12 | 1000 mm | Diesel | ??? | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 5 | 1.6 | KK | kk [27] [28] [29] |
Uganda | Kampala | Greater Kampala Light Rail | 35 | 1435 mm | 750 V DC OHW | 080 | 2016 | 4 | 1.6 | LR | Proposed | ||
Kenya | Mombasa | 1435 mm ? | ?? | ??? | Prpd | 1.3 | PP | mm k [30] | |||||
Kenya | Kisumu | 1435 mm ? | ?? | ??? | Prpd | 0.4 | SS | mm k [31] | |||||
Nigeria | Abuja | Abuja Light Rail | 1435 mm | Diesel then Electric |
U/C | ??? | Jul 2018 | 3.0 | LR |
- Note: LR = Light Rail
- Note: OHW = Over head wiring.
- Note: TR-SC = Third Rail - Side Contact
- Note: TR = Third Rail
- Note: prpd = Proposed.
- Note: U/C= Under construction.
- See: List of town tramway systems in Africa.
- See: List of railway electrification systems
- See: AfricaRail
- See: List of bus rapid transit systems
References
- ^ http://www.urbanrail.net
- ^ http://www.urbanrail.net/news.htm
- ^ Bollore
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ Bruwer, Johann (March 2006). "The Development Of The Johannesburg Park Station Complex And Joubert Park Precinct: A Historic Perspective" (PDF). Osmond Lange Architects and Planners. Johannesburg Development Agency. p. 24. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ^ [Bruwer, Johann (March 2006). "The Development Of The Johannesburg Park Station Complex And Joubert Park Precinct: A Historic Perspective" (PDF). Osmond Lange Architects and Planners. Johannesburg Development Agency. p. 24. Retrieved 27 March 2016.]
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [3] Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [4] Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [5] Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [www.metrorail.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-01]
- ^ [6] Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ [7]
- ^ http://www.urbanrail.net/af/tunis/tunis.htm
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/engie-and-thales-to-build-rail-system-to-connect-new-airport-in-dakar
- ^ Railway Gazette International Sept 2016 p10
- ^ http://constructionreviewonline.com/2015/09/newly-constructed-light-rail-system-in-ethiopia-starts-operation/
- ^ http://www.urbanrail.net/af/lagos/lagos.htm
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/abidjan-metro
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 3/2015 pg20
- ^ http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/KCCA-tests-passenger-train/-/688334/2613456/-/9nadl0/-/index.html
- ^ http://www.kcca.go.ug/?jsp=news&sec=81&t=PASSENGER%20TRAIN%20SERVICES%20IN%20KAMPALA
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 4/2015 pg23
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 4/2015 pg23