There is as of 2015, no operational railways in Mauritius. A system existed from the 1860s to the 1960s. In 1956 the Mauritius Government Railways had 146 km (91 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) track and 47 locomotives.
With increasing road traffic congestion, plans surfaced in 2009 for a metro system.
Proposed light rail system
As of September 2012, the project is in the planning stage; an action plan has not yet been developed. Initial plans suggested a 24.9 km line which would relieve pressure on busy roads; it would be supported by a feeder network of buses.
The first line would go from the capital at Port Louis and Curepipe, mostly following the trackbed of a former Government railway closed in the 1960s.
References
Rail transport in Mauritius Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA