Mediterranean–Niger Railway

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway
Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger
Technical
Line length275 km (171 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Maximum inclineAdhesion 35  %
Rack rail  %
Route map

Legend
0
 Ghazaouet (Nemours)
387 ft
 Djeman Salera
from Algiers
 Algeria / Morocco
Oujda
1804 ft
to Fès
Tendrara
4507 ft
 Oued Oumm-el-Oudah
4101 ft
288.9
0
 P.K. 0
4248 ft
21
 Bou-Arfa (CMO)
4163 ft
Tamlelt (MN)
3674 ft
111
 Kerzaz
1148 ft
Morocco / Algeria
275
0
 Colomb-Béchar
2454 ft
21
 Kénaza
15
 Béchar-I?
2454 ft
70
Ksi-Kou
90
 Abadla
1932 ft

The Mediterranean-Niger-Railway (MN)[1] (French: Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger) was a railway in Western Africa.

The Mediterranean-Niger Railway was built between the coal mining region near Bou Arfa in the east of Morocco and the Algerian rail system at Oujda, completed as a standard gauge route between Oran and Oujda in 1922, while Fes was reached in 1934.[2]

In 1940/41 construction was begun on the Algerian segment of the Mediterranean-Niger-Railway as part of the Trans-Saharan Railway. The line made a connection with the Moroccan segment, which had been completed in 1931, at Bou Arfa and continued into Algeria to connect with the 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow gauge line Oran - Colomb-Béchar built in 1910.[3]

In 1963 Morocco nationalized its railroad system under the name of Moroccan Railways (Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc ONCF). MN was liquidated.[4] The part of MN from the Southern border to Colomb-Béchar was closed.[5] Colomb-Béchar was still reached by the narrow gauge line.

References

  1. ^ English name following Strack.
  2. ^ "Railroads of North Africa".
  3. ^ see: Faur; Pottier
  4. ^ "France - Globe24h". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2010-05-06.{cite web}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)