Regular train service from Antananarivo to Antsirabe?

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The Madarail website lists two options from Antananarivo to Antsirabe:

Both options seem to run for weddings and such events, according to the description.
Also, the French Wikivoyage says the line is closed, but I don't know how recent the information is.

Is there any regular train service that individuals can use, more economical than hiring a whole train for yourself?

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Best Answer

No, there is only cargo rail service between from Antananarivo to Antsirabe.

The only public transportation options are taxi-brousse and plane.




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Answer 2

As of August 2017, there are still no passenger train services from Antananarivo. (For a while, the vintage Micheline did run a tourist trip from Antananarivo at weekends, but it no longer operates any services.) Passenger trains in Madagascar run on at least one day per week on the following routes:

  • Moramanga to Toamasina (Tamatave)

  • Moramanga to Ambatondrazaka

  • Fianarantsoa to Manakara

Each of these journies takes between half a day and one day.

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