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INFOTUNISIE- Consciente du rôle déterminant du secteur du transport dans les
œuvres du développement durable, la Tunisie a si tôt œuvré à la mise en place d’une infrastructure idoine, allant de pair avec les besoins des usagers et les spécificités de l’économie nationale.

Ce secteur vital n’a eu de cesse d’enregistrer une amélioration considérable relevant de toutes les branches, sachant que lors d’ une séance plénière tenue récemment à la Chambre des députés, M.Abderrahim Zouari, ministre du Transport a fait savoir que dans le cadre du renouvellement du parc national de transport ferroviaire, un accord de vente d’un montant de 80,148 millions de dollars US, a été conclu, le 22 octobre 2009 entre la société nationale des chemins de fer de Tunisie (SNCFT) et la banque chinoise de développement « China Exit Bank ».

Quel est le fournisseur ?
Combien de rames sont achetées ?

From High-Speed Rail Projects in Africa (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1197747&page=2)

About Tunisia :

First project: HIGH SPEED EMUS TRAINS |2011|CSR China| 160 km/h

Tunis Project, China’s first power distributed DMU export project, features high technical content. In this project, the internationally advanced EMU will be manufactured by CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Co., Ltd, in line with European standard, and it will adopt the “2-car train” means and set up two classes i.e. deluxe and ordinary, with the delivery date being designated in August, 2011.

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Second project : The High Speed rail link in line with the transmaghrebian

Tunisia is planning to invest $ 5.5 billion over the next decade in the development of a high-speed rail link with the Libya, Morocco and Algeria.
The project would see Tunisia build 780km of TGV rail track, as well as the related support infrastructure.

So 2 major projects : the first one will be for national transport between the major cities of the country whereas the second one will be in line with the regional TGV project between the major cities of the Maghreb ...

My understanding is the Tgv will be a common projects between the 5 countries. each country needs to built their national railway network ...

Star of Central Plain” AC EMU with the speed of 160km/h

2008-06-16

This 160km/h EMU is a 25 kV AC-DC-AC power distributed EMU. Its formation is Mc + Tp + M + M + Tp + Mc , with seating capacity of 548, maximum operation speed of 160km/h and traction power of 3200kW. Power supply for EMU is adopted with microcomputer network control technology, while concentrated rectifying and distributed invert is adopted for auxiliary circuit. The bogie is a new type of bolsterless power distributed and non-power bogie. Carbody is adopted with light drum-shaped body, while car head is made of integral FRP with streamlined exterior. The interior decoration is very beautiful and luxurious with coordinative color. EMU is capable of excellent starting and acceleration performance. It can meet the requirement of safe and reliable operation.


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Total capacity for passengers 424
Total length of the electric powered trainset 158.4M
Total weight of the electric powered trainset 344
Trailing and transmission type AC-DC-AC transmission
Manner of feeding current by a single bow the other bow for spare use
Trailing power 300KW
power of axle 300KW
Total power 4800KW
Rated network voltage 25KV
Current system of electric net single phase AC 50Hz
axle Load ＜15t
Type of dynamic braking regenerating braking
Total power of regenerating braking 4800KW
Emergent braking distance When initial speed being
200km/h ＜2000m
160km/h ＜1400m
Noise degree In driver cab ＜75dBA
In Passenger’s wagon ＜70dBA
Stability index ＜200km/h W＜2.5
Runnning speed 200km/h
Maximum testing speed 250km/h
Designed lifetime 20 year
Carbody length Mc 26200mm
M Tp 25500mm
Carbody width 3104mm
Carbody height 4050mm
Height of the trailing car when the pantograph is lowered ＜4700mm
Height from track surface to car bottom ＞200mm
Fixed distance of carbdody 1800mm
Height from track surface to coupling center drive cab880±10mm
other ends950±30mm
Height from track surface up to platform board surface 1345mm
Height from track surface
up to the lower end of obstacle-remover of the head train 110±10mm


http://www.csrgc.com.cn/ens/cpyfw/dcz/2008-06-16/669.shtml

La présentation est bizzare. Les vitesses et capacités sont différentes.

Il faut retenir la partie "haute" de la présentation.

Selon Railfaneurope (http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/tunisia/tunisia_sncft.html), les trains CSR Nanjing Purzhen commandés par SNCFT sont des autorails diesels (DMU). Le "Star of Central Plain" est un autorail électrique (EMU). Le DMU CSR pour Venezuela (http://www.csrgc.com.cn/ens/cpyfw/dcz/2008-06-18/717.shtml) (140 km/h) est peut-être plus proche au design des trains pour la Tunisie.