Madagascar
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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
- Online: Train Voyageur
Unofficial timetable information is available at Fahrplancenter. Note that this may be out of date.
- Printed: summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.
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 was due to start on 15 August 2023 over the first 12km from Soarano, the main station in Antananarivo, to a new station at Amaronakona. However, work on the stations was not complete and there were problems with the electrical power supply. It may now start in 2024 and probably operated by diesel trains, at least initially.
