Dakar-Port Sudan Railway

{{Short description|Proposed transcontinental railway from Senegal to Sudan}}

The Dakar-Port Sudan Railway is a proposed 4,000 km long transcontinental railway between Dakar, Senegal and Port Sudan, Sudan. It was proposed in 2008-2010 to pass through several countries along the way with spur lines to capital cities not on the direct route.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sesric.org/files/article/351.pdf|title=Transportation Sector in OIC (Organisation of Islamic Countries) Member Countries|last=|first=|date=May 2009|website=Organisation of the Islamic Conference|access-date=2017-07-15}}http://sudanviews.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2227 {{Dead link|date=July 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.comcec.org/EN/icerik.aspx?iid=132 |title=COMCEC |accessdate=2011-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425050919/http://www.comcec.org/EN/icerik.aspx?iid=132 |archivedate=2012-04-25 }}{{Cite web|url=http://dspace.iua.edu.sd/bitstream/123456789/930/1/Aliyu%20Harun%20Muhammad.pdf|title=The Role of Dakar – N'Djamena- Port Sudan Rail Road in Reviving Traditional Hajj Routes|last1=Muhammad|first1=Aliyu Harun|last2=Jibia|first2=Aliyu|date=2016|website=The International University of Africa|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014135425/http://dspace.iua.edu.sd/bitstream/123456789/930/1/Aliyu%20Harun%20Muhammad.pdf|url-status=dead}}