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=== Public transport ===

[[File:Train banlieue nord rentrant gare Tunis 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Tunis south surb train]]

The growing metropolitan area is served by an extensive network of public transportation including buses, an above-ground light rail system (le Metro), as well a regional train line (the [[Tunis-Goulette-Marsa|TGM]]) that links the city center to its closest northern suburbs. Multi-lane autoroutes surround the city and serve the increasing number of privately owned cars one encounters in Tunisia.

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The city has, as of the beginning of the 21st century, a public transportation system developed under the management of the Société des transports de Tunis (STT). In addition to some 200 bus routes, the first light rail line opened in 1985. The [[Métro léger de Tunis]] network has extended gradually since then to reach the suburbs. The capital is also linked to its northern suburbs by the railway line that crosses the lake, dividing the lake into two.

New mass transit was planned for Greater Tunis in 2009. This was the RTS (rapid rail network), the local equivalent of the Paris [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]], which was to carry tens of thousands of travellers from the distant suburbs of Tunis to the centre by using either existing tracks or new tracks yet to be built.<ref name="CHOKRI">Chokri Gharbi, La métamorphose d'une capitale au cœur de la Méditerranée, ''La Presse de Tunisie''</ref>

 

The plan was for lines based on certain criteria such as population density and the lack of coverage for a given area. Among the priority lines were: Tunis-Borj Cédria (23&nbsp;km) where modernization and electrification are already planned; Tunis-Mohamedia-Fouchana (19.4&nbsp;km); Tunis-Manouba-Mnihla (19.2&nbsp;km); Tunis-Ezzouhour-Sidi Hassine Séjoumi (13.9&nbsp;km). In addition, the TGM will be integrated into the light-rail network and a new line built around Ayn Zaghouan and Bhar Lazrag (8.4&nbsp;km). Such an operation would require the upgrading of the docks' TGM stations so that they become suitable for light rail trains.<ref name="CHOKRI"/> Among other projects are a line to the city of [[Ennasr]] (8.4&nbsp;km) and the extension of the Tunis-Ettadhamen to [[Mnihla]] (1.7&nbsp;km). For its part, the south light-rail line was extended in November 2008 to [[El Mourouj]] with a length of {{convert|6.8|km|1|abbr=off}}. The total length of the network will eventually be in the range of {{convert|84|km|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="CHOKRI"/>