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Station Bir Bou Regba on the main line Tunis - Sfax, with connecting line to Nabeul. It was completely rebuilt with the construction of the second track. 14.07.2005, Tunis, Tunisia Photo by Endre Barta (barta.endre@freemail.hu) My trip to Tunisia More railway journies: www.trains.hu

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The beautiful building of the city of Bouficha 15.07.2005, Bouficha, Tunisia Photo by Endre Barta (barta.endre@freemail.hu) My trip to Tunisia More railway journies: www.trains.hu

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Plate with town names in Bir Bou Regba station. Photo taken of Petko Ivanov on 09.09.2008 petko.ivanov@dpm-group.com

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Main building of Bir Bou Regba station. Photo taken of Petko Ivanov on 09.09.2008 petko.ivanov@dpm-group.com

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Additional building of Bir Bou Regba station. Photo taken of Petko Ivanov on 09.09.2008 petko.ivanov@dpm-group.com

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SNCFT - Tunisia El-Jem is very well known by tourists for its gigantic Roman theatre. This is located just a short walk from the railway station, which has several services to Tunis every day. El-Jem, 24-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia The most southern station in Tunisia is located in Gabes. From here busses operate further south, a.o. to the famous holiday island Jerba. Plans for a railway line from here to the border with Lybia have never materialised. Gabes, 27-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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The lovely building of the resort Hammamet in french rural style. 15.07.2005, Hammamet, Tunisia Photo by Endre Barta (barta.endre@freemail.hu) My trip to Tunisia More railway journies: www.trains.hu

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SNCFT - Tunisia Probably western tourists do not often visit Mahdia by train. The name of the station is only shown in Arabic writing! Mahdia is the end station of the electrified "Métro léger du Sahel" line Sousse-Monastir-Mahdia. Mahdia, 23-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia Metlaoui is served by two regular train pairs a day (between Tozeur and Tunis), but is better know as the starting point of the Lézard Rouge tourist train. Metlaoui, 25-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia The "Métro léger du Sahel" serves quite a few smaller cities along the coast between Sousse and Mahdia. Moknine is one of them. Moknine, 23-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia The Lézard Rouge tourist train does not stop close to the station building at Seldja, but during the time the locomotive is running around the train the process of filling freight cars with phosphate ore can be followed. Behind the station is a shunting locomotive belonging to the Sfax-Gafsa phosphate company. The truck just brings another load of the phosphate ore from the mine. Seldja, 25-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia Sfax is a city with a large port, where most of the phosphate ore is shipped to other countries. There are also factories to process the ore. On the track next to the station building is the express train from Tunis to Tozeur, hauled by two locomotives of the most recent class (040-GT, although this is not carried on the locomotives itself). Sfax, 24-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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TGM - Tunisia The TGM light rail line between Tunis and La Marsa has high platforms and a very high frequency compared with SNCFT railways. This is one of the most popular stations on the line, Sidi Bou Saïd. Sidi Bou Saïd, 29-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia Until a few years ago all trains from Tunis to the south had to run through Sousse, including some street running over a very busy square. But now a bypass has been built around Sousse and it is no longer possible to run trains between Sousse Gare and Sousse Bab-el-Jedid. The former is the end point of trains from Tunis, the latter the starting point of the "Métro léger du Sahel" electric trains to Monastir and Mahdia. The track in front of the railway station might still be used for freight trains to the harbour, but was out of service due to rebuilding of the platform you can see behind the fences. Sousse Bab-el-Jedid, 23-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia From the balcony of my hotel I had a great view over the station area of Sousse Gare. The station is at the bottom left. Behind it is a shed, and to the left are a turntable with another shed for locomotives. Sousse, 23-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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SNCFT - Tunisia Overview of the station area of Sousse Gare. The station building is to the left. The track next to the station building used to continue towards Sousse Bab-el-Jedid and further to the south of Tunisia, but now Sousse Gare is the end station of trains from Tunis (although some change direction here and continue south). Sousse, 23-10-2006 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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Tunis Main Station 14.07.2005, Tunis, Tunisia Photo by Endre Barta (barta.endre@freemail.hu) My trip to Tunisia More railway journies: www.trains.hu

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Gare de Tunis. Nov. 1992 jaroslaw swajdo www.swajdo.travel.pl