Petit train de banlieue

Petit train de banlieue

The Rufisque railway station in 1901
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Termini Dakar
Thiès
Stations Dakar, Hann, Thiaroye, Rufisque, Bargny, Thiès
Technical
Track length 80 km (49.71 mi)
No. of tracks Double track between Dakar and Thiès[1]
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) 

The Petit train de banlieue (PTB) is a passenger train providing regular commuter rail service between the Dakar railway station (Senegal) and Thiès via Thiaroye and Rufisque.

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History

Starting in December 1987 the train rotated 10 times per day between Dakar and Thiaroye. The train was run until 2003 under the name "Petit train bleu" by the Société nationale de chemins de fer du Sénégal (SNCS).[2]

On June 2, 2003, the Petit train de banlieue was created as a société anonyme owned by the state. It is nowadays heavily used and served almost 5 million passengers in 2009.[3]

Statistics

Year Passengers Change
2007[4] 4 587 042
2008[3] 4 154 225 +10,4%
2009[3] 4 920 516 +18,4%

See also

References

  1. ^ Les services et infrastructures de transports, ch. 3
  2. ^ Diallo, Mamadou (1989) (in French). Le Sénégal: Géographie physique, humaine et économique; études régionales. Paris: EDICEF. pp. 75–77. ISBN 2 850 69526 2. 
  3. ^ a b c "Situation Economique et Sociale (Édition 2009)" (in French) (pdf). Agence Nationale de la statistique et de la démographie. 6 January 2011. p. 169. http://www.ansd.sn/publications/annuelles/SES_2009.pdf. Retrieved 21 February 2011. "Le Petit Train de Banlieue a transporté 4 920 516 voyageurs en 2009 contre 4 154 225 voyageurs en 2008 correspondant à une augmentation de 18,4%." 
  4. ^ "Situation Economique et Sociale (Édition 2008)" (in French) (pdf). Agence Nationale de la statistique et de la démographie. November 2009. p. 148. http://www.ansd.sn/publications/annuelles/SES_2008.pdf. Retrieved 21 February 2011. "Le Petit Train Bleu a transporté 4 154 225 voyageurs en 2008 contre 4 587 042 en 2007 correspondant à une baisse de 15,8%." 

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