Railway stations in Senegal

List of Railway stations in Senegal include:

Maps

• UN Map
• Go

Towns served by rail

Existing

Dakar station

Meckhe station

Saint-Louis station

Tambacounda station

• Dakar - port and national capital (0 km)
• Hann - truncated terminus (3 km)^[1]
• Bargny proposed deepwater port.
• Rufisque - cement works

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• Kirène - cement works to be expanded in 2008.^[2] - nearest station is Thiès about 20 km away.

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• Thiès - junction for St-Louis and Linguere; workshops ^[3]
• Bambey
• Diourbel - junction for Touba, Mbaké
• Gossas
• Guinguinéo - junction for Kaolack and Lydiane
  • Kaolack - provincial capital
  • Lydiane - branch terminus
• Kaffrine
• Niahène
• Koungheul
• Koumpentoum
• Koussanar
• Tambacounda - provincial capital and proposed junction
• Bala
• Goudiry
• Kidira - border with Mali
• Nayé, Senegal - border with Mali
• Kayes, Mali
• Bamako, Mali - national capital - workshops

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• Tivouane
• Meckhe - ^[4]
  • Grande Côte - mineral sands
• Louga - junction
• Mpal
• St-Louis
• Thiès - junction for St-Louis
  • Louga - junction
  • Koki
  • Daraa
  • Linguere - railhead

Proposed

• Ziguinchor^[5]

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• Tambacounda - provincial capital and proposed junction
• Kédougou - proposed branch terminus ^[6]

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• Dakar and Thiès
• Falémé River - iron mines ^[7][8][9] suspended 2009 ^[10]

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• phosphate mines at Matam (17m) ^[7]

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• Transcontinental railway from Dakar to Port Sudan.^[11]

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• 2012
• Meckhe - junction
• Grande Côte - mineral sands Junction

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• 2012
• Mekhé - junction
• Diogo

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Standard Gauge

• 2001 Report ^[12]
• 2010 Report ^[13]

See also

• Transport in Senegal
• Railway stations in Mali
• AfricaRail - plan to interconnect several railway systems, and railless landlocked countries.
• Train Express Regional

References

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3. "sulzer engines in french west africa, senegal". www.derbysulzers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
4. "Railways in Senegal". www.sinfin.net.
5. "senegalembassy.co.uk". www.senegalembassy.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 7, 2002.
6. Janes World Railways 2002-2003 p317
7. "Senegal key figures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-08.
8. "NEW 750KM RAILWAY | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
9. "Arcelor Mittal signs $2.2billion mining deal with Senegal". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
10. "RPT-UPDATE 2-ArcelorMittal suspends Senegal iron ore project". Reuters. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
11. http://sudanviews.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2227%5B‍%5D
12. "APIC". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
13. "afriqueavenir".