Railway stations in Senegal

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List of Railway stations in Senegal include:

Maps

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Towns served by rail

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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

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

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

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]

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

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

phosphate mines at Matam (17m) ^[7]

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

2012
Meckhe - junction
Grande Côte - mineral sands Junction

2012
Mekhé - junction
Diogo

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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^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2008-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "sulzer engines in french west africa, senegal". www.derbysulzers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ Junction
^ Opportunities Archived 2002-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Janes World Railways 2002-2003 p317
^ ^a ^b http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/33/14/36741806.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "NEW 750KM RAILWAY | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
^ "Arcelor Mittal signs $2.2billion mining deal with Senegal". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
^ "RPT-UPDATE 2-ArcelorMittal suspends Senegal iron ore project". Reuters. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ http://sudanviews.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2227^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "APIC". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
^ afriqueavenir

Railway stations in Africa

¹ Partly in Asia. ² Dependencies. ³ Status undetermined.