Train Express Regional Dakar-AIBD


The Train Express Regional will be, once completed, a rail line in Senegal that connects Dakar with the Blaise Diagne International Airport. It will be built by French companies Engie and Thales Group. The contract is valued at €2 billion.
Travel time between the city and the airport is expected to be under 50 minutes. The Train Express Régional will serve 14 stations on a 55 km route. Ridership is estimated at 115 000 passengers/day. The rolling stock will consist of 15 four-car Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent dual-mode multiple units.
The line will be built in two stages, with the first covering 36 km from the city of Dakar to Diamniadio, while the second stage covering 19 km more to the airport. Construction is expected to take 26 months beginning in the third quarter of 2016, completion in late 2018.

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