Senegal recently opened its first regional express train, linking Dakar to its suburbs. For the first time in my life, I set foot on a train → Until now, if I wanted to get around Dakar, I had to rely ...

DAKAR, Senegal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Monday 27 December 2021, the Republic of Senegal, represented by its President, H.E. Macky Sall, officially launched the commercial operation of the Regional ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - A new $1.3 billion commuter railway in Senegal meant to ease traffic gridlock and modernise a crumbling public transport system made its inaugural journey from the capital Dakar on ...

Senegal's capital Dakar suffers from a massive traffic problem. The TER regional rail link offers commuters a cleaner, greener and much faster commuting alternative to driving.

Dakar — Drivers in Dakar liken driving to a waking nightmare. Roads are congested from sunrise to sunset, meaning that what should be a one-hour journey across the Senegal's capital takes several ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The joy of long train trips is that they leave lots of time for gazing and thinking. My journey from Dakar in Senegal ...

The Regional Express will connect Dakar with Diamniadio, an industrial city being built on a dusty plain about 40 kilometres (25 miles) away. The first new railway since independence from France in ...

In the only railway station in the centre of Dakar, hundreds of people queue to board a commuter train heading to the suburbs of the capital city. This railway was established in 1987 to cater for the ...