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and 4 major washouts cut service for months until a rehabilitation project was launched with help from USAID, Swiss Railways and others. A study conducted by the Project d'Appui à la Gestion de l'Environnement (PAGE) in 2000 concluded that keeping the train operational helps prevent deforestation to
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the tune of 97,400 hectares over 20 years. Interviews conducted with villagers during the temporary closure found that they would have no choice but to cut-down their tree-based crops that they shipped to market on the railway and plant
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Freudenberger, Karen. 2003. The Fianarantsoa-East Coast Railroad and its role in eastern forest conservation. The Natural History of Madagascar. Steven M. Goodman and Jonathan P. Benstead (eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago
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makes it vulnerable to service disruptions caused by broken rails, old rolling stock and landslides caused by cyclones.
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reparations to build the line. Many of the railways still have the date of manufacturing on them dating back to 1893.
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In 2020 the FCE received 3 Spanish second hand locomotives Serie_1500_de_Renfe built in 1964.
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This line traverses some of the most threatened habitat in the world. In 2000, back-to-back
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The FCE: Fianarantsoa - Côte Est Railway Madagascar: A Traveler's Guide
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 420:or Ambinany-Manampatrana - PK 78.800 – 206 meters 658:[Travelling in Madagascar - Railway]. 8: 646:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 484:3 locomotives Alsthom BB 242, 243 and 245 632:Schoonmaker Freudenberger, Karen (2005). 566: 564: 306:is a colonial-built railway in southeast 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 560: 544:History of rail transport in Madagascar 310:that connects the high plateau city of 304:The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est (FCE) railway 639: 349:The FCE is currently running, but its 122: 7: 581: 579: 577: 47:adding citations to reliable sources 704:Metre gauge railways in Madagascar 656:"Reisen in Madagaskar - Eisenbahn" 587:"The Railways of Madagascar, 2012" 356:The railway crosses the runway of 14: 680: 528: 514: 131: 23: 58:"Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway" 34:needs additional citations for 372:- port - PK 163.270 – 4 meters 1: 243:162.8 km (101.2 mi) 709:Rail transport in Madagascar 611:Le rail sur la Grande Ile... 591:www.internationalsteam.co.uk 549:Rail transport in Madagascar 636:(2nd ed.). 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An FCE train at Manampatrana.
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