Scenic route
Trans Lémurie Express
Antananarivo → Antsirabe · Madagascar
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Reopened in December 2023 after ~30 years shut by cyclone damage, its rosewood-trimmed cars climb through the highlands to the spa town of Antsirabe.
How this line was checked
- The 153 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 9332203 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 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 Trans Lémurie Express?
The Trans Lémurie Express runs 153 km from Antananarivo to Antsirabe.
How long does the Trans Lémurie Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h for the 153 km. That is an average of 31 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Trans Lémurie Express?
Madarail.
How old is the Trans Lémurie Express?
The line has been in service since 1923. 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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