SNCFT Overland Routes

SNCFT Overland Routes

Tunis is the hub of the SNCFT network. The major routes are as follows:

SNCFT Standard Gauge

• Ligne TA: Tunis - Beja - Ghardimaou, border to Souk Ahras, Algeria
• Ligne 1: Jedaida - Mateur - Bizerte
• Ligne 2: Mateur - Tamra - Tabarka
• Ligne 3: Tinja - Menzel Bourguiba
• Ligne 4: Mateur - Beja
• Ligne 19: Sidi Smail - Nebeur Ligne Abandonné

SNCFT Metre Gauge

• Ligne 5: Tunis - Kalaa Sghira - Sfax - Gabes this route is electrified from Tunis Ville To Borj Cedria
• Ligne 6: Djbel Jelloud - Kalaa Khasba - Kasserine
• Ligne 7 Bir Kasaa - La Goulette
• Ligne 8 Les Salines- Le Kef
• Ligne 9 Fej Tameur - Tajerouine
• Ligne 10: Bir Bou Regba - Nabeul Voyageurs
• Ligne 11 Kalaa Sghira - Kasserine
• Ligne 12 Kalaa Sghira - Sousse
• Ligne 13 Sfax - Metlaoui - Tozeur
• Ligne 14
• Ligne 15 Metlaoui - Moulares - Kasserine
• Ligne 16 Tabbedit - Redeyef
• Ligne 17
• Ligne 18 M'SAKEN - Moknine
• Ligne 20 Djbel Jelloud - La Goulette
• Ligne 21 Gafsa - Aouinet
• Ligne 22 : Sousse Bab Jedid - Monastir - Mahdiathis route is electrified

The Lézard rouge (Red Lizard) is a diesel hauled tourist train on metre gauge and goes from Metlaoui to Seldja. The service uses a former royal train of the Bey of Tunis with attendants in period uniform. The train makes photostops in the Seldja Gorge.

SNCFT Freight Service

SNCFT transported about 11.6 million tons of freight in 2003. In the south of Tunisia the Sfax-Gafsa Railway delivers phosphate and iron ore to the harbour at Sfax. Also the Metlaoui - Redeyef and Moularès - Kasserine lines are for the transport of phosphate.

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens Overview

SNCFT Founded: 27 December 1957
SNCFT Headquarters: Tunisia