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==Trams==
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==Recent and Future Changes==
==Recent and Future Changes==

Revision as of 12:39, 31 July 2023

Country Details

See Wikipedia

National Railway System

National Railway Operators

  • Madarail operates lines in the north east of Madagascar.
  • The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est Railway operates the isolated Fianarantsoa - Manakara (on the east coast) line

Timetable

Unofficial timetable information is available at Fahrplancenter. Note that this may be out of date.

Maps

Printed Maps

World Rail Atlas - North, East and Central Africa by Neil Robinson.

Web-based Maps

A very basic map of the Madarail system

Infrastructure

Gauge

1000 mm

Electrification

None

Rule of the road

All lines are single track

Metros

A 12km light rail system is due to start operation in Antananarivo on 15 August 2023, connecting the main Soarano station (which has no passenger services) with the suburb of Amaronakona. It will be operated initially by diesel trains owing to problems with the electrical power supply.

Trams

None

Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services

See PSUL: World Beyond Europe