Rail link between Khartoum and South Darfur restored

18/12/2013 19:50

After a hiatus of ten years, Khartoum and South Darfur are connected again by a passenger train. On Wednesday, the renewed railway line between Khartoum and Nyala was inaugurated in the presence of Minister of Transport and Roads, Dr Ahmed Babakar Nahar. The train, numbering 11 wagons, with a capacity of 540 passengers, will stop at ten stations between the Sudanese capital and Nyala. The train will reach Nyala twice a month Nine Sudanese states are now connected by train. File photo:  Minister of Transport and Roads, standing next to the new passengers train (Elnilin.com)

After a hiatus of ten years, Khartoum and South Darfur are connected again by a passenger train.

On Wednesday, the renewed railway line between Khartoum and Nyala was inaugurated in the presence of Minister of Transport and Roads, Dr Ahmed Babakar Nahar.

The train, numbering 11 wagons, with a capacity of 540 passengers, will stop at ten stations between the Sudanese capital and Nyala. The train will reach Nyala twice a month

Nine Sudanese states are now connected by train.

File photo:  Minister of Transport and Roads, standing next to the new passengers train (Elnilin.com)