Dakar-Port Sudan Railway Explained

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:

• • Senegal Mali
• Niger
• Chad
• Sudan

There is already a metre gauge (Dakar–Niger Railway) from Dakar to Koulikoro, Mali, as well as a gauge railway connecting Port Sudan to Nyala, Sudan near the border with Chad.

See also

• AfricaRail

Notes and References

1. Web site: Transportation Sector in OIC (Organisation of Islamic Countries) Member Countries. May 2009. Organisation of the Islamic Conference. 2017-07-15.
2. http://sudanviews.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2227
3. Web site: COMCEC . 2011-10-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425050919/http://www.comcec.org/EN/icerik.aspx?iid=132 . 2012-04-25 .
4. Web site: The Role of Dakar – N'Djamena- Port Sudan Rail Road in Reviving Traditional Hajj Routes. Muhammad. Aliyu Harun. Jibia. Aliyu. 2016. The International University of Africa. 2017-07-15. 2020-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014135425/http://dspace.iua.edu.sd/bitstream/123456789/930/1/Aliyu%20Harun%20Muhammad.pdf. dead.