Rail transport in Tunisia

Rail Transport in Tunisia is provided by:

Tunisian Railway National Company (SNCFT)^[1]
Société des transports de Tunis, the manager of passenger trains including Tunis Metro and TGM around Tunis
Sahel Metro, company and electric train line Sousse-Monastir-Mahdia

Railway network

According to SNCFT,^[2] tunisian railway network has a total length of 2170 km. 1797 km of railways are operated, out of which 1571 km is single-track and 226 km is double-track. The network comprises

1701 km of Metre-gauge railway, present in most of the country
460 km of Standard-gauge railway, present in the north
65 km of narrow-gauge electrified railway between Sousse and Mahdia
25 km of standard-gauge 25 kV AC electrified railway in Grand Tunis to the suburbs of Borj Cédria and Riadh

This does not include Tunis Metro, managed by Société des transports de Tunis, which is responsible for public transport in Tunis.

Railway links to adjacent countries

Algeria - standard-gauge, linked near the town of Ghardimaou^[3]
Libya - railways under construction - break-of-gauge - 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) until gauge conversion (some 1,000 mm or 3 ft 3+3⁄8 in gauge would need to be converted to 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in).^{[citation needed]}