Transport in Mali

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 Towns served by rail 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Airports 5.1 Airports - with paved runways 5.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 6 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 729 km (linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes) (2001). See Dakar-Niger Railway.

narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Algeria - no - potential break of gauge 1000mm/1435mm
• Niger - no railways
• Burkina Faso - no - same gauge 1000mm
• Ivory Coast - no - same gauge 1000mm
• Guinea - no - same gauge 1000mm also 1435mm
• Senegal - yes - same gauge 1000mm
• Mauritania - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1435mm

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

[edit] Towns served by rail

• Nayé, Senegal

• Kayes - provincial capital
• Mahina, Mali near Bafoulabé
• Kita
• Kati
• Bamako - national capital and railhead

[edit] Highways

total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km
unpaved: 13,273 km (1996)

[edit] Waterways

1,815 km navigable

[edit] Ports and harbors

• Koulikoro - railhead

[edit] Airports

Bamako - Senou International Airport

27 (2001)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,523 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2002)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 8 (2002)

[edit] See also

• Mali

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