Sirt – Benghazi railway line
The Sirte – Benghazi railway is a double-track , 554-kilometer-long railway construction project in Libya . Work started in 2008 and stopped in 2011. In the final stage, the line is to connect the cities of Sirte and Benghazi , the second largest city in the country.
course
The line is to be built parallel to the Mediterranean coast and the Great Syrte . The superstructure is designed as planned h to 250 km /, a speed that can only be achieved, however, if the electrification takes place, but which is provided only in a second step. At the beginning, the operation should therefore be carried out with diesel locomotives and with a top speed of 160 km / h.
In addition to its two endpoints, the new route will also include the cities of as-Sultan , an-Nufalija , Ben Jawad , as-Sidr , Ra's Lanuf , al-Agheila and Brega (al-Burayqah), Ajdabiya , as-Suitina , al-Magrun , Open up Qaminis . In total, it should have six larger train stations and other stops.
The line is the continuation of the Ras Ejder – Sirt railway , the connection from the Tunisian border at Ras Ejder via Tripoli to Sirte. Both routes are part of a future rail link from Morocco to Egypt that will cross North Africa .
Status of work
The detailed planning, including train stations, access roads and level crossings, was awarded to Bernard Ingenieure ZT GmbH. The construction contract for the 554 km long route was awarded to RŽD in 2008, which began work on August 30, 2008. In March 2010, 14 km of the route were completed. Another two years are planned for construction. At General Electric 16 diesel locomotives for later operation are ordered to be built by 2011. 3500 workers from Libya and Russia are to be deployed in the project. The costs should amount to 2.2 billion euros . In the vicinity of the future Ra's Lanuf freight yard, 400 residential units were built for construction personnel. When the uprising in Libya broke out in February 2011, work was interrupted and all foreign personnel from the Russian Ministry of Civil Protection were evacuated by sea. A resumption of work is planned according to a media report.
See also
literature
- Continental Railway Journal 156 (2009), p. 454f and 158, p. 547.
- hmk: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya . In: IBSE-Telegram 237 (August 2010), p. 8.
- Magazine of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Belangstellenden in het Spoor en tramwegwezen (2010), p. 234.
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce: Libya: World's largest railway project gets off to a good start (April 2010)
- Railway Gazette: Rail welding plant opened in Ras Lanuf (June 2010)
- Bentley Systems Incorporated: The Year in Infrastructure 2011 ISBN 978-1-934493-14-4 ; P. 140
Individual evidence
- ^ Sirte-Benghazi Railway Line . In: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Ed.): The Year in Infrastructure 2011 . Bentley Institute Press, Exton (Pennsylvania), ISBN 978-1-934493-14-4 , pp. 140 ( yearininfrastructure-digital.com ).
- ↑ RŽD: Russian Railways project to build modern high-speed rail line in Libya from Sirt to Benghazi
- ^ Railway Gazette International: First 14 km of Libyan rail network in place (16 March 2010)
- ^ RIA Novosti : Uprising in Libya: Gazprom and Russian Railways withdraw employees. (February 21, 2011)
- ↑ RIA Novosti : Libya: Russische Eisenbahn AG brings its employees to safety (February 24, 2011)
- ↑ MENA Railnews: Russian Rail Company Restarts Benghazi to Sirte Railway (December 3, 2012) ( Memento of the original of November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
