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=== Future Changes===
=== Future Changes===
A new suburban (so called metro) service will commence on 15 August 2023 over the first 12km from Antananarivo main 'Soarano' station to a new station at Amoronakona. It will be operated initially by diesel trains owing to problems with the electrical power supply.  
A new suburban (so called metro) service will commence on 15 August 2023 over the first 12km from Soarano, the main station in Antananarivo, to a new station at Amaronakona. It will be operated initially by diesel trains owing to problems with the electrical power supply.


==Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services==
==Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services==

Revision as of 10:21, 2 August 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 freight only 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 Note that this may be out of date.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

None, but see Future Changes below

Trams

None

Recent and Future Changes

Recent Changes

None

Future Changes

A new suburban (so called metro) service will commence on 15 August 2023 over the first 12km from Soarano, the main station in Antananarivo, to a new station at Amaronakona. It will be operated initially by diesel trains owing to problems with the electrical power supply.

Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services

See PSUL: World Beyond Europe