Rail transport in Togo

Rail transport in Togo consists of 568 km (353 mi) (2014) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway.[1]

Map showing railway lines in Togo

Operators

Trains are operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Togolais (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of Réseau des Chemins de Fer du Togo from 1997 to 1998.[2] Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines de Benin (CTMB) operated phosphate-trains.[2]

Lines
Togo train from Lomé to Kpalimé at an intermediate station in 1990

Towns served by rail
Main article: Railway stations in Togo
  • Lomé - port and national capital
  • Blitta - terminus of the Lomé–Blitta railway

Standards

History
Main article: History of rail transport in Togo
  • Construction of the first railway line in Togo, the Lomé–Aného railway, began in 1904.
  • In 1980, the average distance travelled by one person was 50 kilometers.[4]
  • A siding across the border from a cement plant in Aflao, Ghana, to the port of Lomé was completed in 2014.[5]

AfricaRail

Togo is a participant in the AfricaRail project, an Indian proposal has surfaced to link the railways in Benin and Togo with landlocked Niger and Burkina Faso.

See also

References
  1. Togo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
  2. Harris, Ken, ed. (2005). Jane's World Railways 2005-2006 (47th ed.). Jane's Information Group. p. 464. ISBN 0 7106 2710 6.
  3. "Steam in Africa 2019 - Togo". Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. Goldsack, Paul, ed. (1981). Jane's World Railways 1981-82 (23rd ed.). Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. p. 514. ISBN 0 7106 0726 1.
  5. "Togo railway plan". railwaygazette.com. DVV Media International. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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