
The longest and slowest train in the world is owned by Mauritania
The longest and slowest train in the world is owned by Mauritania 🇲🇷. 🚃 It is a Zouerate train (Desert Train) operated by the National Company for Industry and Mines (SNIM). 🚃It connects the port of Nouadhibou, the economic capital of the country located on the Atlantic coast, and the iron mine in the city of Zouerate, located deep in the desert. 🚃It was inaugurated in 1963 AD, and provides its services daily. 🚃 Its main mission is to transport minerals between the mine and the port, and export them to international markets, on its 704 km long railway. 🚃The full journey on board takes 20 hours. 🚃 It also transports large tanks containing drinking water. 🚃Necessity transformed it from a goods train into a passenger train. 🚃It is 2.5…