RAILWAYS II

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The project consists of the following items: (a) renewal of 175 kilometers of track as part of the ongoing program to renew the main line between Dakar and the Mali border; about 243 kilometers have been already renewed and after completion of this project item, 226 kilometers will remain for renewal; (b) rehabilitation of, and equipment for, the railway's workshops in Thies; (c) modernization of rolling stock (freight cars), by the installation of modern roller bearing axle boxes on 50 percent of the bogie freight car stock; (d) six 1,200 horsepower diesel locomotives; (e) provision for training and technical assistance (i) at management level to improve train operation; (ii) to improve workshop management and to implement a new freight tariff; and (iii) to the Government for transport coordination to help train personnel, carry out investment planning, review the regulatory system and other relevant systems bearing on the transportation industry.