Classic route
Dakar TER
Dakar → Diamniadio · Senegal
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West Africa’s first modern electric railway carried 22.6 million riders in 2024, flying past Dakar’s gridlock at 160 km/h.
Stations
- 0 kmDakar
- 3 kmColobane
- 6 kmHann
- 8 kmDalifort
- 10 kmBaux Maraîchers
- 11 kmPikine
- 13 kmThiaroye
- 16 kmYeumbeul
- 21 kmMbao
- 25 kmPNR
- 27 kmRufisque
- 32 kmBargny
- 36 kmDiamniadio
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13645076 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Dakar TER?
The Dakar TER runs 36 km from Dakar to Diamniadio.
How long does the Dakar TER take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 36 km. That is an average of 48 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Dakar TER?
SETER, with Coradia Polyvalent bi-mode.
How old is the Dakar TER?
The line has been in service since 2021. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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