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17-550: It is served by a railway station on the Dakar-Niger Railway . Koungheul has a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSh ) with no rainfall from November to May and moderate to heavy rainfall from June to October. This Senegal location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dakar-Niger Railway The Dakar–Niger Railway ( French : Chemin de fer Dakar-Niger ) connects Dakar , Senegal to Koulikoro , Mali . The name refers to

34-522: A passenger service, they concentrated on the transport of goods . Many stations have been closed and the numbers of connections reduced, creating difficulties for isolated communities. Passenger services have been suspended since an accident on 13 May 2009 killed five and injured thirty-seven. A Dakar-bound train came off the tracks between Bala and Goudiry in Tambacounda Region , Senegal. Four carriages reportedly overturned, but no official cause

51-576: Is a listed construction enterprise based in Beijing, China, that was the second largest construction and engineering company in the world by revenue in 2014. The limited company was incorporated in 2007 in order to float the assets of China Railway Construction Corporation [Group] (CRCCG, simplified Chinese : 中国铁道建筑总公司 ; traditional Chinese : 中國鐵道建築總公司 , or the holding company) in Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchange. CRCCG retained some assets which

68-655: The Niger River , not the Republic of Niger . It serves many cities in Senegal, including Thiès , and in Mali, including Kayes , Kita , Kati , Bamako . The line covers a course of 1,287 km of which 641 km lies in Mali. As of 2013 passenger services in Mali were only being offered three days between Bamako and Kayes via Kati and Diamou. There have been no international passenger trains in operation since 2010. Construction work on

85-501: The Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The financial report of the parent company (holding company) is not disclosed. As both parent and subsidiary share almost the same English name, one without the word "Limited" (they have different names in Chinese), the business activities of the holding company was often incorrectly mixed up with the publicly floated limited liability subsidiary by

102-646: The Dakar-Niger route as of September 2023 is the TER . Nevertheless, the Senegalese government is currently working on rehabilitating the line as far as Tambacounda in order to reduce the number of trucks on the highways linking the Port of Dakar with Mali and other neighboring countries. An estimated 3-400 leave the port every day. In a second planned phase, a new standard gauge line to Tambacounda and eventually to Bamako will replace

119-568: The Dakar–Niger Railway began at the end of the 19th century under the French general Gallieni , commander of French Sudan . The railroad connected the Niger River with the port of Dakar, allowing the transport of raw materials across the globe. The line was completed at the beginning of the 20th century, the Kayes-Koulikoro section being inaugurated in 1904. However, the final section of

136-661: The Ministry of Railways, was assigned to China Railway Construction Corporation as its subsidiary. In preparation for listing, China Railway Construction Corporation Limited was incorporated in 2007 as a joint-stock company with limited liabilities which received most of the assets of the parent company. 5 Build-operate-transfer projects were not included, namely Chongqing Tiefa Suiyu Highway , Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel , Beijing Tongda Jingcheng Highway , Xianyang Zhongtie Road and Bridge and Guangdong Chaojie Highway . Later on in 2015 CRCC bought Chongqing Tiefa Suiyu Highway from

153-499: The World Bank. Transrail, a Franco - Canadian management consortium , took over management of the line, changing hands several times. Management issues and a lack of investment led to serious degradation of the infrastructure and rolling stock and numerous delays. In Senegal, the maximum speed of the trains in many places has been limited to 20 km/h due to the bad state of the tracks. Despite Transrail's obligation to maintain

170-514: The break-up of the Mali Federation , control of the railroad was divided between two national organisations, the Régie des Chemin de fer du Mali (RCFM) and the Régie des Chemins de Fer du Sénégal . An agreement between Senegal and Mali in 1962 determined the common operation of the line by the two railway companies. In October 2003, Senegal and Mali privatised the railway following pressure from

187-583: The current one. As a first step, in June 2023 a test run was conducted between Thies and Diourbel , with a full opening of that route planned for December 2023 or January 2024. "Tableau comparative des exportations par rail" No sources are given for any of this data, which shows the number of tons of different products exported in various years: There are a number of branch lines including: China Railway Construction Corp (International) China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (abbreviated CRCC )

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204-442: The line did not open until 1924. In 1947, the railroad workers went on a several-month strike to obtain the same rights as the French railwaymen. They succeeded in winning a 20% raise, though strike leaders were jailed or fired. The strike was celebrated as a turning point in the anti-colonial struggle by Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène in his 1960 novel God's Bits of Wood . With the independence of Mali and Senegal, after

221-465: The line. Without measurable progress, however, freight service was suspended in 2018, leading to a 20% drop in activity at the Port of Dakar . Until 2015 the petit train de banlieue , a twice-daily service between Dakar and Thiès, ran on the Dakar-Niger rails, and the Train Express Regional from Dakar to Diamniadio opened in 2021 along part of the same route. The only regular train on

238-572: The media. Formerly the railway arm of the People's Liberation Army (found 1948 and became part of the Ministry of Railways from 1982). Along with China Railway Engineering Corporation , both railway construction super conglomerates were under the Ministry until 2000. The company maintains links to the People's Liberation Army. In 2003, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation , another former entity of

255-585: The parent company, while 20% was retained by Chongqing Expressway Co., Ltd. The company premiered on the Shanghai and Hong Kong in February 2008, raising US$ 5.7 billion, making the second largest IPO of that year. The performance was poorer than expected because of poor investment atmosphere from United States subprime mortgage crisis and China's economic macro-control . In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that

272-652: Was deemed not suitable to float in the stock exchange. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the company continued doing business in Russia, including discussing building a tunnel to Crimea. For this reason Ukraine listed CRCC as an International Sponsors of War . CRCCG is under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council . Since February 2008, A shares and H shares of CRCC are listing on

289-561: Was determined. Transrail was bought in 2007 by the Belgian company Vecturis. With continually degrading infrastructure and mounting security problems, passenger service was halted in May 2010. In 2015, the governments of Mali and Senegal terminated the concession to Transrail, and a new entity, Dakar-Bamako Ferroviaire, took its place. They reached an agreement with China Railway Construction Corp (International) to restore their respective parts of

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