The Dakar-Port Sudan Railway is a proposed 4,000 km long transcontinental railway between Dakar, Senegal and Port Sudan, Sudan. It was proposed in 2008-2010 to pass through several countries along the way with spur lines to capital cities not on the direct route. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Route
It was hoped that the initial line would develop into a railway network that would cover the whole of Africa. By comparison, except for the extreme south and extreme north of Africa, railways are fragmentary, and hampered by differences in track gauge.
It would go through the following countries:
There is already a metre gauge ( Dakar–Niger Railway) from Dakar to Koulikoro, Mali, as well as a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway connecting Port Sudan to Nyala, Sudan near the border with Chad.
See also
References
- ^ "Transportation Sector in OIC (Organisation of Islamic Countries) Member Countries" (PDF). Organisation of the Islamic Conference. May 2009. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ http://sudanviews.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2227 [ dead link]
- ^ "COMCEC". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ Muhammad, Aliyu Harun; Jibia, Aliyu (2016). "The Role of Dakar – N'Djamena- Port Sudan Rail Road in Reviving Traditional Hajj Routes" (PDF). The International University of Africa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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