SENTER has put security equipment in the hands of the unit that works in the TER’s stations, on its trains and along its rights-of-way, as part of a renewed partnership with the Gendarmerie nationale.
The handover follows the entry into service of TER Phase 2 to Blaise Diagne International Airport and comes ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
- SENTER renewed its partnership memorandum with Senegal’s Gendarmerie nationale and handed security equipment to the railway gendarmerie at Dakar station on 23 October 2026.
- The equipment was acquired by SENTER and is valued at CFA196,725,850.
- It includes four drones, five thermal cameras, 25 handheld metal detectors and 10 watchtowers.
- The Légion de Gendarmerie des Transports Ferroviaires works in stations, on board trains and along railway rights-of-way.
- SENTER’s Director General, Cheikh Ibrahima Ndiaye, and the Director General of SETER received Major General Martin Faye.
- SENTER linked the handover to TER Phase 2 and the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
SENTER SA, the Société nationale de gestion du patrimoine du Train express régional (TER), has handed over security equipment valued at CFA196,725,850 to the Légion de Gendarmerie des Transports Ferroviaires (LGTF), the railway arm of Senegal’s Gendarmerie nationale (Railway Police) , and has renewed its partnership memorandum of understanding with the Gendarmerie. The equipment was acquired by SENTER to strengthen the gendarmerie’s surveillance and intervention capabilities.
The renewal and handover took place at Dakar station on Friday 23 October, when Major General Martin Faye, High Commander of the Gendarmerie nationale and Director of Military Justice, was received by SENTER’s Director General, Cheikh Ibrahima Ndiaye, and the Director General of SETER, together with their teams. SENTER said the visit had two purposes: renewing the memorandum and delivering the equipment.
According to SENTER, the memorandum consolidates a partnership serving the safety of passengers, the protection of railway infrastructure and the continuity of public transport service. The Gendarmerie nationale’s own account, published on 24 October, describes the cooperation as under way since 2022 and the memorandum as signed on 23 October, with the equipment including drones, observation devices and metal detectors. The LGTF has a role in that arrangement through its presence in stations, on board trains and along the railway rights-of-way.
The equipment comprises four drones, 10 military observation binoculars, five thermal cameras, 150 rechargeable LED torches, five vehicle inspection mirrors, 25 handheld metal detectors and 10 watchtowers.
SENTER linked the handover to the entry into service of Phase 2 of the TER, which connects Dakar to Blaise Diagne International Airport, and to the approach of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
