APIX on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport will be developing the Dakar Regional Express Train project, also known as Train Express Régional (TER), is a railway line that will connect Dakar with Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD). Once complete, the rail project will have a double-track standard gauge line for passenger trains and a single-track metre gauge freight line. Phase II involves the construction of a new line between Diamniadio station and the AIBD (19 km). The project is part of Senegal’s social and economic development plan dubbed Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) and it aims to provide services for the Dakar suburbs by replacing the existing Petit Train de Banlieue (PTB), and connect Dakar with Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD).