Tunisia HSR Project (Phase 2)

railway

Distance

480 km
new
480km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$4.9b
$4,900,000,000

planned

Objective

Part of the transmaghreb high-speed rail network is a regional project aiming at connecting the main cities of the Maghreb countries, namely: Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli

Description

Construction of a new high-speed line that connects Bizerte to Gabès via Tunis, Nabeul, Sousse and Sfax

History

In June 2021, President Saïed attempted to secure a loan from the European Investment Bank to finance the project. It was refused, since the country had borrowed 7 billion TND ($2.3 billion) during the previous decade; the bank suggested upgrading existing rail infrastructure instead
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