The Réseau Ferroviaire Rapide is a planned urban rail system in Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

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Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

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Network

In Phase I of the project, a 17·9 km, Y-shaped network will be built, with 14 stations. Both lines will terminate at a station at place de Barcelone; Line D will run to Gobaâ and Line E will run to Bougatfa. These lines should begin service in December 2015.

Longer term plans call for five lines, to build an 85 km network centred on Tunis.

Project

Tenders for construction were opened in March 2008. The cost of phase 1 is estimated at dinars.

See also

• Société des transports de Tunis
  Société des transports de Tunis
  The Société des transports de Tunis or Transtu is the parastatal authority to manage public mass transit in the greater Tunis area. It supervises the bus network, the Métro léger de Tunis and the TGM rail link to La Marsa...
  
  
• Transport in Tunisia
  Transport in Tunisia
  Tunisia has a number of international airports to service its sizable tourist trade. Tunis is the center of the transport system as the largest city having the largest port and a light transit system.- Railways :...
  
  
• Métro léger de Tunis
  Métro léger de Tunis
  The Métro léger de Tunis is an expanding public transportation network for the Tunis area that was started in 1985...