Rail transport in Senegal
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Senegal's rail network consists of 906 km of railway at 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge, and 36 km of 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) gauge. The metre-gauge network is part of the Dakar–Niger Railway which crosses the border to Mali. The railway is operated by Transrail, managed by the Belgian company Vecturis.[1]
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Rail transport in Senegal | |||||
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Infrastructure company | Transrail | ||||
Major operators | Transrail | ||||
System length | |||||
Total | 906 km (563 mi) | ||||
Track gauge | |||||
Main | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||||
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 36 km (22 mi) | ||||
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The single standard gauge line is a commuter railway in Dakar, the Train Express Regional Dakar-AIBD, which opened in 2021.