Mauritania Railway

Mauritania Railway
Map of Mauritania Railway
Technical
Line length704 km (437 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
0 km
 Cansado
0 km
 Nouadhibou
96 km
 Boulenouar
222 km
 Agueijit
255 km
 Inal
318 km
 Tmeimitschatt
393 km
 Ben Amira
460 km
 Choum
Choum Tunnel (Disused)
Mauritania–Western Sahara border
Mauritania–Western Sahara border
485 km
 Char
568 km
 Tuadschil
625 km
 Fderîck
650 km
 Zouérat
670 km
 Guelb El Rhein mine
700 km
 M'Haoudat mine
735 km
 Storanville mine
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The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Construction of the line began in 1960, with its opening in 1963.[1][2] It consists of a single, 704-kilometre (437 mi) railway line linking the iron mining centre of Zouérat with the port of Nouadhibou, via Fderik and Choum. The state agency Société nationale industrielle et minière (SNIM) controls the railway line.

Since the closure of the Choum Tunnel, a 5 km (3.1 mi) section of the railway cuts through the Polisario Front-controlled part of the Western Sahara (21°21′18″N 13°00′46″W / 21.354867°N 13.012644°W / 21.354867; -13.012644).

  1. ^ "Mauritania, a Nation of Moorish Nomads, Suddenly Finds Herself in 20th Century". The New York Times. January 20, 1964. last June, the 20th century elbowed its way into this Biblical picture
  2. ^ Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. pp. 424–25. ISBN 9780810862654. Retrieved 25 January 2020.