The longest train in the world in Sahara Desert. Amazing Journey!

There’s a nervous and hectic biding among local people

A little later they will get on the longest train in the world

When the 2,5 kms long train comes, sheep herds and belongings are embarked firstly.

Then the 600 kms long trek begins.

Train’s primary objective is to carry iron ore from Zouerat city on the northwest part of Mauretania to Nouadhibou city on the southwest.

On each wagon, there is 83 tones of in ore entrained in iron mine in Zouerat.

The train goes loaded and comes back empty. The round trip journey takes 20 hours going and 15 hours returning back.

Journey is totally free of charge.

For the sheep also…

Air temperature reaches up to 45 degrees C during daytime, while it decreases down to 10 degrees C at night.

Heavy clothes and headscarfs are protecting people from both heat and cold.

But it’s not only the change of temperature which affects them. Sand storms and iron filings make it hard also.

Some passengers are going for visiting their relatives, while some are going for shopping.

The sheep will be sold in livestock market.

When this trek in the longest train in the world ends, everybody is covered with rust and dust.