page_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Africa
section_title: Tunisia
hierarchical_section_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Africa / By country / Tunisia
caption_attribution_description: English: The train bound for Bir Bou Rekba with diesel loc #040-DM-26 in Nabeul station (Tunisia) Nederlands: Tunesische dieselloc nummer 040-DM-267 gekoppeld aan de trek-duwtrein met bestemming Bir Bou Rekba in het station van Nabeul (Tunesië) Français&#160;: Le train à destination de Bir Bou Rekba avec la locomotive diesel de la Société nationale des Chemins de Fer tunisiens (SNCFT) N° 040-DM-267 en gare de Nabeul (Tunisie)
context_page_description: Narrow-gauge railways are common in Africa, where great distances, challenging terrain and low cost have made the narrow gauges attractive. Many nations, particularly in Southern Africa, including the extensive South African Railway network, use a 3 ft 6 in gauge. Metre gauge is also common, as in the case of the Uganda Railway. There used to be extensive 2 ft and 600 mm gauge networks in countries such as Morocco, Congo, Angola, Namibia and South Africa, but these have mostly been dismantled or converted. Some also survive in Egypt: in the countryside around Luxor, narrow-gauge railways are used for the transportation of sugar cane.
  Because Africa is divided into many countries, railways built by different governments tend not to link up with each other, each country's lines connecting its outlands with its own port. Incompatible gauges are therefore not obvious. For example, a link from Nigeria to Cameroon would join 3 ft 6 in to 1,000 mm.
  The railways of South Africa and many other African countries, including Angola, Botswana, Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe, use 1,067 mm gauge, sometimes referred to as Cape gauge.
context_section_description: In Tunisia, the railway network in the central and southern part of the country is a metre gauge network, including the main lines Tunis-Sfax (Ligne de la Côte) and Tunis-Kasserine, and also the local Ligne du Cap Bon from Bir Bou Rekba to Nabeul.
caption: Train bound for Bir Bou Rekba in Nabeul station, on the metre gauge Cap Bon line
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