The Sahel Train is an electrified,
metre gauge railway
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
and
suburban rail line with trains serving
Sousse and
Mahdia
Mahdia ( ar, المهدية ') is a Tunisian coastal city with 62,189 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.
Mahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax. It is important for the associated fish-processing industry, as well as w ...
, with a spur to
Monastir, in
Tunisia
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.
The line has overhead electrification at 25 kV, 50 Hz.
Stations
The line's stations are, working southwards:
* Sousse - Bab Jadid
* Sousse - Mohamed V
* Sousse South
* Sousse Industrial Zone
*
Sahline
*
Sahline Sebkha
*
Hotels Monastir
Hotels Monastir is a railway station on the outskirts of Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the .
Trains from the station run on the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro
The Sahel Train is an electrified, metre gauge railway and suburban ...
*
Skanes-Monastir airport station
*
La Faculté
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Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir
Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir is the main railway station in Monastir, Tunisia. It is operated by the and named for Habib Bourguiba.
Trains from the station run on the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Railway line and serve Mahdia to the south, ...
* Monastir Industrial Zone
* Khniss - Bembla
* Ksiba Bennane
* Bouhjar
* Lamta
* Sayada
* Ksar Hellal Industrial Zone
* Ksar Hellal
* Moknine Gribaa
* Moknine
* Téboulba Industrial Zone
* Téboulba
* Bekalta
* Baghdadi
* Mahdia tourist-Zone
* Sidi Messaoud Simes
* Borj Arif
* Mahdia Ezzahra
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Gare Mahdia
Gare Mahdia is a railway station in Mahdia, Tunisia, forming the southern terminus of the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line. It is operated by the .
Trains from the station run north to Monastir and Sousse
Sousse or Soussa ( ar, س ...
Gallery
File:Sousse Bab Jedid train station.JPG, Sousse Bab Jedid.
File:Monastir train station.JPG, Monastir.
File:Arret Mahdia Zone Turistique2.JPG, Arret Mahdia Zone Turistique.
File:Moknine25.jpg, Monkine station.
File:Ksibet El Mediouni-Bennane Metro Station 1.JPG, Ksibet El Mediouni.
File:Электричка на перегоне близ города Махдия.JPG, A train runs near the city of Mahdia.
File:Métro du Sahel, gare de Monastir, 5 novembre 2016.jpg, Train in Monastir station
File:SNCFT Hyundai Rotem EMU Sahline Sebkha.jpg, Train in Sahline
References
* Timetables
External links
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Railway lines in Tunisia
Metre gauge railways in Tunisia