Tunis Light Metro Network

Tunis Light Metro Network

Tunis Metro

           Line                                    Stations            Length             Opened   Equipment

• Place de Barcelone          Ben Arous         5.5 km     11     1985        Siemens
• Place de la République    Ariana               6.3 km     12     1989        Siemens
• Tunis Marine                     Ibn Khaldoun   6.5 km     13     1990        Siemens
• Place de Barcelone          Kheireddine     10 km       20     1990        Siemens
• Place de Barcelone          Intilaka              7.1 km     14     1992        Alstom Citadis
• Tunis Marine                     El Mourouj       4 6.8 km  18      2008       Alstom Citadis

Tunis Light Metro Line 1 Place de Barcelone – Ben Arous

Opened: 1985
Number of Stations: 11

• Line 1 is the oldest and it is the shortest line compared to the 5 other lines. It has 11 stations.
• Work on line 1, which began in 1981, was completed with the commissioning of the line (towards Ben Arous) in 1985.
• The connection between bus lines and line 1 at the El Ouardia station was put in place a year later, in 1986.

Tunis Light Metro Line 2 Place de la République – Ariana

Opened: 1989
Number of Stations: 12

• Line 2 is the oldest and it is the shortest line after Line 1. It has 12 stations.
• Construction on Line 2 started in 1981 and passenger services commenced in 1989.

Tunis Light Metro Line 3 Tunis Marine – Ibn Khaldoun

Opened: 1990
Number of Stations: 14

• Line 3 is composed of 14 stations and passenger services commenced in 1990.
• In 2017, the Tunis Transport Company announced the removal of the Habib-Thameur station following a fire that destroyed the ticket sales point.
• The station of Tunis Marine has also a line of TGM. It's the only station that is both a Metro station and a TGM station.

Tunis Light Metro Line 4 Place de Barcelone – Kheireddine

Opened: 1990
Number of Stations: 20

• Line 4 is the longest compared to the other 5 lines. It has 20 stations and passenger services commenced in 1990.

Tunis Light Metro Line 5 Place de Barcelone – Intilaka

Opened: 1992
Number of Stations: 14

• Line 5 has 14 stations since 2017 after a fire that burned the Habib-Thameur station.
• The line links important locations such as the campus of the University of El Manar and Bab Saadoun.

Tunis Light Metro Line 6 Place de Barcelone – Intilaka

Opened: 2008
Number of Stations: 18

• Line 6 has 18 stations and is the longest line after line 4.
• On 12 November 2008, the new line 6 (6.8 kilometers long and initially serving eleven stations between Place de Barcelona and El Mourouj 4) came into service after work on the line had started in 2005.
• Like line 3, line 6 has a TGM line in Tunis Marine station.

Tunis Light Metro Overview

Tunis Light Metro Locale: Tunis, Tunisia
Tunis Light Metro Transit Type: Light rail
Tunis Light Metro Number of Lines: 6
Tunis Light Metro Number of Stations: 80 (2021)
Tunis Light Metro Began Operation: 1985
Tunis Light Metro Operator(s): Société des transports de Tunis
Tunis Light Metro Number of Vehicles: 173 (134 Siemens and 39 Alstom Citadis)
Tunis Light Metro System Length: 45.2 km (28.1 mi)
Tunis Light Metro Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Tunis Light Metro Electrification: Overhead lines, 750 V DC