Mediterranean–Niger Railway

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway (MN)(Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger)

The Mediterranean-Niger-Railway: MN. or in French: Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger, was a railway in Western Africa.

The Mediterranean-Niger Railway was built between the coal mining region near Bou Arfa in the east of Morocco and the Algerian rail system at Oujda, completed as a standard gauge route between Oran and Oujda in 1922, while Fes was reached in 1934.

In 1940/41 construction was begun on the Algerian segment of the Mediterranean-Niger-Railway as part of the Trans-Saharan Railway. The line made a connection with the Moroccan segment, which had been completed in 1931, at Bou Arfa and continued into Algeria to connect with the 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow gauge line Oran - Colomb-Béchar built in 1910.

In 1963 Morocco nationalized its railroad system under the name of Moroccan Railways (Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc (ONCF) ). MN was liquidated. The part of MN from the Southern border to Colomb-Béchar was closed. Colomb-Béchar was still reached by the narrow gauge line.

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway Overview

Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway Line Length: 275 km (171 mi)
Mediterranean-Niger-Railway Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Mediterranean-Niger-Railway Maximum Incline:
Adhesion 35 %
Rack rail %

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway Route Map

0 Ghazaouet (Nemours) 387 ft
Djeman Salera

from Algiers
Algeria / Morocco
Oujda 1804 ft
to Fès

Tendrara 4507 ft
Oued Oumm-el-Oudah 4101 ft
288.9
P.K. 0 4248 ft
0

21 Bou-Arfa (CMO) 4163 ft
Tamlelt (MN) 3674 ft
111 Kerzaz 1148 ft

Morocco / Algeria

275
Colomb-Béchar 2454 ft
0
21 Kénaza
15 Béchar-I? 2454 ft
70
Ksi-Kou
90 Abadla 1932 ft