Transport in Senegal

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1 Railways
2 Highways
3 Waterways
4 Ports and harbours
5 Airports
- 5.1 Airports - with paved runways
- 5.2 Airports - with unpaved runways
6 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km double track). See Dakar-Niger Railway. Air brakes.

[edit] Railway links to adjacent countries

Mauritania - no - 1435mm gauge
Mali - yes - 1000mm gauge
Guinea - no - 1000mm and 1435mm gauges
Guinea-Bissau - no railways to link to
The Gambia - no railways to link to

[edit] Timeline

August 2006 - RITES of India to supply 5 metre-gauge locomotives, with vacuum brakes converted to air brakes.

[edit] Maps

UN Map

[edit] Towns served by rail

Dakar - port and national capital
Rufisque
Thiès - junction for St-Louis

Bambey
Diourbel - junction for Touba
Gossas
Guinguinéo - junction for Kaolack
- Kaolack - provincial capital
Kaffrine
Niahène
Koungheul
Koumpentoum
Koussanar
Tambacounda - provincial capital
Bala
Goudiri
Nayé - border with Mali
Kayes , Mali
Bamako , Mali - capital

Tivouane
Louga - junction
Mpal
St-Louis

- Louga - junction
- Koki
- Daraa
- Linguere - railhead

[edit] Highways

See Roads in Senegal

total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km
unpaved: 10,305 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Waterways

897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river

[edit] Ports and harbours

Dakar - railhead

Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor

[edit] Airports

20 (1999 est.)

Main International Airport:

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport

[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

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Transport in Africa

Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Republic of the Congo • Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) • Djibouti • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • South Africa • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) • Zambia • Zimbabwe

Dependencies and other territories
British Indian Ocean Territory • Canary Islands • Ceuta • Melilla • Madeira Islands • Mayotte • Réunion • St. Helena

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