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List of tunnels in Africa

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This is a list of railway tunnels in Africa.

Existing

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Algeria

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  • Has about 46 tunnels [1]

Ghana

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  • Ghana Railway Corporation Decree of 1977 presupposes tunnels [2]

Mauritania

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Morocco

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South Africa

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Eritrea

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outside Keren. But it appears that for some reason they didn't think of blowing up the rail tunnels on the Agordat-Keren line

Tanzania

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Tunisia

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Zambia

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Proposed

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Guinea

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  • 21 km of tunnel(s) on proposed Simandou iron ore railway.

Morocco

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Tunisia

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Finance

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  • Tunnels are expensive to build compared to surface tracks, especially for long tunnels due to limited access to the work site. The London cross city tunnel is reckoned at UKP 68m per km.

Expedience

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  • Freeman Gordor [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://tunnelbuilder.com/Archive/Projects/Algeria.aspx
  2. ^ http://ghanalegal.com/?id=3&law=474&t=ghana-laws
  3. ^ "Moroccan Rail Adventure". Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ^ "Freeman Gordor, PMP - Ghana | LinkedIn". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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