Rail transport in Tunisia

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Railway map of Tunisia

Rail Transport in Tunisia is provided by:

Electrification

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Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens Railway organisation of Tunisia

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Narrow-gauge railways in former French Morocco

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Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir

Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir is the main railway station in Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens and named for Habib Bourguiba.

Sahline Sebkha

Sahline Sebkha is a railway station on the outskirts of Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens.

Hotels Monastir is a railway station on the outskirts of Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens.

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La Faculté

La Faculté is a railway station in Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens.

Gare Mahdia

Gare Mahdia is a railway station in Mahdia, Tunisia, forming the southern terminus of the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens.

Compagnie des chemins de fer Bône-Guelma

The Compagnie des chemins de fer Bône-Guelma built and operated railway lines in Algeria and Tunisia between 1875 and 1923 during the French colonial period. In 1923 it became the Compagnie fermière des chemins de fer tunisiens.

Sahline (Station)

Sahline is a railway station on the outskirts of Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens.

References

Notes

  1. "Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens" . Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. "Train Lezard Rouge : Red Lezard : Train Touristique et Excursions au sud Tunisien" (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. "Railpage".

Further reading

  • Azzani, Tijani (2006). L'histoire du chemin de fer en Tunisie[The History of the Railways in Tunisia] (in French). Tunisia: Communic@tions i. ISBN   9973890000.
  • Robinson, Neil (2009). World Rail Atlas and Historical Summary. Volume 7: North, East and Central Africa. Barnsley, UK: World Rail Atlas Ltd. ISBN   978-954-92184-3-5.
  • Simms, W (1998). The Railways of Tunisia. Rustington: W F Simms. ISBN   0952888149.

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