Classic route
Dia Tsara
Moramanga → Toamasina · Madagascar
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Madagascar’s east-coast revival of 2023: once a week, twelve hours from Moramanga through rainforest gorges to the Pangalanes shore and Toamasina.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8503488 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 57 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 21 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Madarail — 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 Dia Tsara?
The Dia Tsara runs 249 km from Moramanga to Toamasina.
How long does the Dia Tsara take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h for the 249 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Dia Tsara?
Madarail.
How old is the Dia Tsara?
The line has been in service since 1913. 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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