AfricaRail

AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo.[1] [2] These are all 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge.

A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) but are converting to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in).

Timeline

2020

Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment [3]
Ghana Eastern SG line approved [4]

2019

8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km)
Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line [5]

2015

Various links. [6]

West African rail loop of 2740 km.
Abidjan to Ouagadougou line.
proposed new line linking Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Niamey in Niger.
proposed new line linking Niger and Parakou in Benin.
rehabilitation of the existing line to Cotonou in Benin.
new link to Lomé in Togo.

External links

References

"News 04". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
UN
SG equipment
Ghana Eastern Line
Western SG line
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/abidjan-ouagadougou-railway-upgrade-begins.html
ECOWAS

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[1] "News 04". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

[2] UN

[3] SG equipment

[4] Ghana Eastern Line

[5] Western SG line

[6] ttp://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/abidjan-ouagadougou-railway-upgrade-begins.html

[7] ECOWAS