Talk:Transport in Sudan

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there is an oil pipeline from El Obeid in the central south to Port Sudan on the Red Sea capable of carrying initially 250,000 barrels of oil per day. It has its own communication system of fibre optic cable covering over 1500 km of fibre, its own trunking radio system at all pumping stations, a three station satellite system and complete telephony system. All is controlled by a SCADA system supplied by a Canadian company capable of alarming, controlling, and metering the entire oil pipeline.

the article is inaccurate and outdated
The article is outdated!!!

'the map of transportation in Sudan' is from 1961 which is really to old. In the last 50 years rail transport is losing ground to road transport. In the end of 2009 the regular service on the railway line Wadi Halfa - Atbara was closed down. In the same time the new tarmac road Dongola - Wadi half was opened, which was the last leg of Khartoum - Abu Dom - Dongola - Wafi Halfa road. Earlier Dongola - Karima (Merowe) and Karima - Atbara roads were completed.

The other thing:

'In 1990, Sudan's road system totaled between 20,000 and 25,000 kilometers, comprising an extremely sparse network for the size of the country. Asphalted, all-weather roads, excluding paved streets in cities and towns, amounted to roughly 3,000 to 3,500 kilometers' And in summary we can read: 'Total: 11,900 km Paved: 4,320 km Unpaved: 7,580 km (2000)'

Titus Atomicus (talk) 07:30, 24 November 2016 (UTC)