THE TUNISIAN NATIONAL
RAILWAYS COMPANY
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SNCFT is the national railway of Tunisia and is
under the direction of the Ministry of Transport.
SNCFT was founded on December 27, 1956,
headquartered in Tunis capital.
Tunisia inherited much of its rail transport
system from the French. The Tunisian
Government has developed the infrastructure
further.
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History
Construction of the northern network (standard gauge)
 The first railway line in
Tunisia linked Tunis with
La Marsa - today's TGM
line - and was inaugurated
on August 2, 1872 by
SADOK BEY.
 Between 1876 and1922, French
corporation des Batignolles and its
subsidiary, the Bône-Guelma railways
compagny built the remain part of the
standard gauge network and the link
with Algeria.
 The French company was granted
operational rights until 1922, after which
it would be sold to the Tunisian state.
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Construction of the central and southern network (metre-gauge)
 In 1885, considerable deposits of phosphates were discovered in the
region of Seldja.
 In 1897 a concession was granted to the Phosphate Company and the
railways Sfax-Gafsa (CPCFSG) to mine the mineral and to build rail
transport to the port of Sfax.
 The metre-gauge railway between Sfax and Métlaoui via Gafsa was
completed by 1899. It was extended in 1913 to Tozeur and 1916 to
Gabès
 In addition, the company was granted a concession to construct The
remain part of the southtern network where large holdings of
phosphates and iron were found.
 The southtern network was completed in 1930.
 At the end of the concession, the lines where to be returned to the
Tunisian State.
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Thus due to historical reasons, the country has two different rail
gauge systems:

500 km of standard 1,435 mm
(4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge network in the
northern part of the country.

1 700 km metre gauge network in
the central and southern part.

8 km double gauged track.

Tunisia has a rail link with
neighbouring Algeria via the
border at Ghardimaou.
Otherwise two suburbain lines
where electrified:
 Sousse /Mahdia 70 km, 25
kv 50 Hz in1987.
 Tunis/ Erriadh 25 km, 2x25
kv 50 Hz in 2012.
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SNCFT provides both passenger and
freight services at a national level.
SNCFT employs 5400 staff to achieve
annual transport :
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 6 million on intercity passenger rail
network
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 40 million travelers in the suburbs
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 8 million tons of phosphate
 3 million tons of various products
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
permenante
secretairiat the
procurement
committee
audit and control
regulatory
department
President Director General
Deputy Director General
Management and finance
management
Central Railways Directorate
Planning and Management
Control Department
Safety and quality
department
Management Communications
and External Relations
Informatics department
Central Railways
Network Operation
Department
Industrial
Maintenance
Business Unit
Phosphate
Business Unit
Freight
Business Unit
Main Lines
Business Unit
Sahel Suburb
Business Unit
Tunis Suburb
Business Unit
SNCFT provides an average daily traffic of 326 trains
with a rail fleet consists of:
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130 mainline locomotives

41 shunting locomotives

262 passenger cars

25 EMUs

30 DMUs

3846 cars

1266 containers
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Main future projects
1) RFR projects :
 Consite to build four
new electrified lines for
trasport travelers in the
suburbs of Tunis
 Construction works in
court for both D and E
lines;
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2) Construction of a new line between Sousse-KairouanHajeb Layoun (130 km)
Project is awaiting funding.
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3) Extension of the electrified railway line Tunis - Borj Cedria to:
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Soliman (about 7.5 km), feasibility studies have been completed
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Hammamet- Nabeul (about 53 km) Feasibility study underway.
4) Electrification of the line Tunis - Bizerte (53 km). Feasibility study
underway.
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5) Creation of high-speed lines to connect the main cities of
the Maghreb are: Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli.
 This project is currently
under study.
 The total length of the highspeed lines In Tunisia is:
840 km.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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