Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens

The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens (English: Tunisian National Railway Company), abbreviated SNCFT, is the national railway of Tunisia and under the direction of the Ministry of Transport. SNCFT was founded on December 27, 1956 It Replaced the Tunisian Railway Farms Company (Company Fermiere et Chemin de fer Tunisien) (CFT). Headquartered in Tunis the company employs about 6000 people. SNCFT provides both passenger and freight services at a national level.

Tunisia inherited much of its rail transport system from the French and the Tunisian Government has developed the infrastructure further. Due to historical reasons, the country has two different track gauge systems. Thus SNCFT manages 471 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge network in the northern and a 1,674 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge network in the central and southern part of the country (65 km electrified); only 8 km are dual gauge track (2006). Tunisia has a rail link with neighbouring Algeria via the border at Ghardimaou, but passenger services are limited to a single round-trip per day (as at summer 2008).