The railroad linking Dakar (Senegal) to Saint-Louis (French: Chemin de fer Dakar-Saint-Louis) was the first railroad line in French West Africa when it...

The Dakar–Niger Railway (French: Chemin de fer Dakar-Niger) connects Dakar, Senegal to Koulikoro, Mali. The name refers to the Niger River, not the Republic...

19th century, Dakar grew into a major regional port and a major city of the French colonial empire. In 1902, Dakar replaced Saint-Louis as the capital...

of railway at 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge, and 36 km of 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) gauge. The metre-gauge network is part of the Dakar–Niger Railway which...

It lies 72 km (45 mi) east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region...

their capital Ndakarou as the new colonial city of Dakar. Work was begun on the Dakar–Saint-Louis railway, as well as a rail line along the Senegal into the...

supported by the railway line - the Dakar-Saint-Louis railway in the late nineteenth century, and then with the Dakar-Niger railway. Thus Administratively...

mosque built (approximate date). Opening of the Dakar–Saint-Louis railway (163 miles long). 1887 Dakar commune formed. Jean Alexandre becomes mayor. 1891...

what had been Faidherbe's grand project: the construction of the Dakar-Saint-Louis railway through the rich groundnut cultivating regions of central Senegal...

of Saint-Louis. 1865 - Faidherbe Bridge opens. 1872 - Municipal government established. 1881 - Yellow fever outbreak. 1885 Dakar–Saint-Louis railway built...