Petit train de banlieue

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Termini
Daily ridership25,000[1] (2013)
Petit train de banlieue
The PTB line near Thiaroye, Senegal
The PTB line near Thiaroye
Overview
Termini
StationsDakar, Hann, Thiaroye, Rufisque, Bargny, Thiès
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership25,000[1] (2013)
History
Opened1987
Closed2016
Technical
Track length80 km (49.71 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track between Dakar and Thiès[2]
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Route map

80
Thiès
Bargny
28
Rufisque
Thiaroye
Hann
Bel-Air
Colobane
0
Dakar
km

The Petit train de banlieue (PTB) was a passenger train providing regular commuter rail service between Dakar railway station [fr] and Thiès via Thiaroye and Rufisque.

In December 1987, the service was started under the name "Petit train bleu" (Little Blue Train) by the Société nationale de chemins de fer du Sénégal (SNCS). The train ran 10 times per day (12 times according to the Senegalese Government)[3] between Dakar and Thiaroye. This augmented to 22 runs per day in February 1988, 36 in December 1990, and 38 from 1992.[3][4]

On June 2, 2003, the Petit Train de Banlieue was created as a société anonyme owned by the state.[3] It is nowadays heavily used and served almost 5 million passengers in 2009.[5]

In addition to the Dakar–Rufisque line, the PTB ran services between Dakar and Thiès.[3]

In 2015, the Government announced plans to build a new parallel electrified standard gauge line called Train Express Regional as far as Diamniadio, 36 kilometres from Dakar. This will be followed by a 19 km branch to the Blaise Diagne International Airport, near Ndiass. [6]

The PTB service was discontinued in 2016.[7]

Statistics

YearPassengersChange
2006[8] 3 037 917
2007[9] 4 587 042+50,1% Increase
2008[5] 4 154 225-10,4% Decrease
2009[5] 4 920 516+18,4% Increase
2010[8] 3 811 189-22,5% Decrease

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