Abidjan Metro

The Abidjan Metro (French: Métro d'Abidjan) is a 37.5-kilometre (23.3-mile) rapid transit network serving the Ivorian economic capital of Abidjan whose construction started in November 2017,[1] with the beginning of passenger service expected in 2022–2023.[2] Initially planned to comprise a single line with 13 stations, undertaken by Bouyges-Dongsan, a French-Korean consortium,[3][4][5][6][7] the project has since then been expanded to a single north–south line with 20 stations, financed 100% by France and built solely by three French groups (Bouygues, via its subsidiaries Bouygues Travaux Publics and Colas Rail, Alstom, and Keolis) after the withdrawal of the South Korean partners from the consortium in October 2017.[1]

Métro d'Abidjan
Overview
Native nameMétro d'Abidjan
LocaleAbidjan
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1
Number of stations20
Technical
System length37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationN/A

Built mostly as an overground and elevated railway in order to avoid more costly tunnels, its automated trains with a driver present in cabin will be able to run at a top speed of 80 km/h (50 miles/hour) and a maximum frequency of 100 seconds.[8] Line 1 of the Abidjan metro is expected to transport 500,000 passengers per day (180 million per year).[8] Construction of line 1 will cost 920 billion CFA francs (1.4 billion euros; 1.7 billion US dollars), entirely financed by France via the French Treasury and the French Development Agency.[9]

In 2018 the Ivorian government was planning for a second line of the Abidjan Metro, an east–west line which should run from Yopougon to Bingerville.[9]

Stations

Line 1
  • Anyama Centre (Anyama is a northern suburb of Abidjan)
  • Anyama Sud
  • Abobo Nord
  • Abobo Intermédiaire
  • Abobo Centre
  • Abobo Banco
  • Abobo Université
  • Gare Internationale
  • Adjamé Agban
  • Adjamé Délégation
  • Plateau Centre (the central business district of Abidjan)
  • Plateau Lagune
  • Treichville
  • Treichville Hôpital
  • Marcory Canal
  • Marcory Centre
  • VGE (boulevard named after French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)
  • Akwaba
  • Port-Bouët (a southern suburb of Abidjan)
  • Aérocité (at Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport)

Anyama Centre, Akwaba, Port-Bouët, and Aérocité stations should open in mid-2023.[2] All other stations should open in mid-2022.[2]

References
  1. http://www.jeuneafrique.com/498287/economie/cote-divoire-lances-par-ouattara-et-macron-les-travaux-du-metro-dabidjan-seront-acheves-en-2022/
  2. http://www.linfodrome.com/economie/35229-infrastructures-economiques-tout-savoir-sur-le-metro-d-abidjan
  3. "Abidjan to have modern metro system by 2020". News Ghana. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  4. "Abidjan Metro". Railways Africa. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  5. Railways Africa 5/2015 p07
  6. "Abidjan metro concession signed". Railway Gazette. 2015-07-08.
  7. "Côte d'Ivoire: Bouygues-Dongsan consortium to build €1.3 billion metro train". agence ecofin. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  8. https://news.abidjan.net/documents/docs/metroAbidjan.pdf
  9. https://afrique.latribune.fr/afrique-de-l-ouest/cote-d-ivoire/2018-02-16/cote-d-ivoire-encore-en-chantier-la-ligne-2-du-metro-d-abidjan-deja-envisagee-768845.html
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