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Transport du minerai de fer à travers le désert. If you arrive to Nouadhibou by train, there will be a police checkpoint right after you get out. Among the longest trains in the world, they travel hundreds of kilometres through the Sahara desert to deliver iron ore.At nearly 2.5km in length, the iron trains of Mauritania are among the longest in the world.Their journey extends between Zouerat - the largest town in the country's north, known for its iron ore mining industry - and the port city of Nouadhibou in the west, for a total distance of 652km. Because the ride is free, you can imagine that your life is worth far less than the iron ore and even if the company running the railway would care about you, it is impossible for conductor to know that 3 kilometres behind someone fell of the train. It's used to carry iron ore from the Zouerat mine to Nouadhibou harbour. In 2018 Mauritania accepted new currency with exactly 10 times bigger value.

One of the world's longest trains (up to 2.5 km long) runs here, with more than 200 wagons mainly transporting iron ore, and some carriages for passengers; alternatively, people sit on top of the iron piles. The six daily trains (three empty and three loaded) are towed by four locomotives with 3,300 HP or two locomotives with 4,500 HP and gross tonnage of up to 17,000 t, which are up to 2.5km long. There are few food markets, selling only snacks and drinks, but everything is about two times more expensive there (even for locals). I had some problems explaining them, that I am staying with a CouchSurfer, just because I was foolish and did not look up for a name of a hotel in Nouadhibou before.The prices in the article are still in old Mauritanian currency – Ougiyas. Foreigners mostly ride between Nouadhibou and Choum, since Zouerate is pretty far from everything and the only convenient way to get back from that town is by train.In this article I will focus mainly on riding Iron Ore Train in Mauritania from Choum to Nouadhibou, because I did it that way.
Le train de minerai de fer de la Mauritanie est l’un des plus long trains au monde. Therefore, we had to run in complete darkness towards the freight cars. Many travellers pack ski goggles for eye protection.The Iron Ore train officially stops in three places, but, as you will notice, it actually stops several more times along the way. Déjà là, pour les amateurs de trains, il s’agit d’un truc à voir. But don’t worry, it is not so easy to fall off the train even when it is fully loaded.Keep in mind that there is a lot of dust, so take with you special clothes and shoes, you don’t mind getting dirty, which you will wear only on the train, because there is very little chance that you will find a washing machine in Mauritania and I can imagine, that removing dust off the clothes by hand can be pretty hard.However, I was lucky enough to find one in Nouadhibou as Josh stayed in a hotel with laundry service, so I could wash the dust off there. There are no rail links with adjacent countries. All Rights Reserved. Le train du désert : Une croisière ferroviaire au cœur de la Mauritanie, sur les traces du plus long train du monde (le minéralier) : sans conteste, le moyen le plus original et le plus inattendu de découvrir le Sahara.

The ride takes approximately two hours and the bus leaves at around 10 a.m., but the leaving time may vary as nobody exactly knows when the train arrives in Choum.In our case it was said that the train would arrive between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., but it actually arrived at 9 p.m. Once the train is there you simply just hop on one of the cars.

More than 2km long, the train is made up of three or four diesel locomotives, one passenger carriage and between 200 and 210 freight cars. There is also a covered bus station, where you will spend the day, hidden from the sun, while waiting for the train.
This includes providing young people with initial and further training to assist them in finding jobs in rural environments.

Mostly to let the other trains pass by, but it is totally possible to jump off the train there too, though it is not recommended, because another train might not stop there.The official stops are in Nouadhibou, Choum and Zouerate. Le Transport ferroviaire en Mauritanie se limite à une ligne à voie unique, longue de 704 kilomètres qui relie les mines de fer de Zouerate au port minéralier de Nouadhibou. Despite very hostile weather conditions, SNIM maintains the railway and the rolling stock (cars, locomotives, etc. Another project is working to increase productivity in artisanal fisheries. In the daytime the ride is more enjoyable, since it is warm and you can watch the constantly changing scenery of endless desert as you move through it.

Two kids selling cold water and Bisap just passed by a sign that warns about the dangers of crossing the nearby railway and seven other kids accompanied Josh, an Englishman I just met earlier this day in Atar, and me while we all wait for the longest train in the world to arrive. Our aim is to spread a passion for all types of travel to Africa, inspire and to encourage people to take first step into wonderful world of Africa! There is only one train line in Mauritania, linking Nouadhibou with Choum and Zouerat, but it's a tourist attraction itself.

Copyright 2018 Safari Junkie™ | All Rights Reserved | Sometimes, the trains also transport goods such as live animals or fruit.High daytime temperatures and very low night-time temperatures complicate the journey, as does the dust produced by the more than 200 train cars, each carrying 84 tonnes of iron ore.Travellers willing to pay can buy tickets for about $3 to board the last car of the train, offering some comfort, although most of these passenger cars are a half a century old and not cleaned frequently.Women in northeast Senegal are using solar-powered irrigation to farm food and halt the encroaching desert.Survivors of sex trafficking and those who investigate it in the city share their stories.More than 1,000km apart, a filmmaker and the subject of his film contend with the methods and meanings of solitude. if it was said in the article, that the transport costs 2000 ougiyas, it should now cost 200 of the new currency. © Safari Junkie.

Furthermore, the train station in Nouadhibou is not hard to reach, so I would speak a bit more about hopping in in Choum.Choum is a tiny settlement, established only because of the railway, so it lacks infrastructure.

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