Sfax Light Rail Phase 1

The Sfax Light Rail is a tramway system that will be developed in Sfax Governorate by the Ministry of Transport, Tunisia. The aim of the project is to address the growing transportation needs in Tunisia’s second largest city.

The tramway project has two lines. Line T1 runs over a length of 22.8 km from Sfax–Thyna International Airport to El Ons with 38 stations, while T2 covers 10.7 km between the city center and Gremda Road with 18 stations.

The project will be implemented in four phases: Phase 1 covers the construction of 13.5 km of line T1 from Taniour to Soukra and Airport Road. Phase 2 covers the construction of 7.8 km of line T2 between the city center and Gremda Road. Phase 3 will complete line T1 by extending it to El Ons suburb in the north (9.3 km). Phase 4 will complete line T2 (2.9 km).

In addition to the two tramway lines, the planned Sfax transport network includes three bus rapid transit (BRT) lines.

Consultants

The French firm Egis and local firm I2E conducted the feasibility study for the transport network between 2011 and 2013.

SYSTRA and local consultancy firm STUDI International conducted the preliminary and detailed design studies for line T1 of the project.

Both studies were funded by the European Investment Bank (EIB).