Rail transport in Djibouti

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The rail traffic in Djibouti is today (in 2009) from the eastern segment of the Ethio-Djibouti Railways . In addition, there were other railway lines that were discontinued.

Meter gauge network

600 mm routes

In 1932, the Compagnie des Salins du Midi et des Salines de Djibouti began operating a 600 mm narrow-gauge railway for internal purposes in their salt pans . Passenger traffic did not take place here. The time of the closure is not known.

literature

  • Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas and historical summary. Vol. 7: North, East and Central Africa. World Rail Atlas Ltd., 2009, ISBN 978-954-92184-3-5 , pp. 21f, 66, map 40.