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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+38 in) gauge.

A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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+12 in).

Timeline

2022

  • The businessman Jeremie Taieb takes the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors

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]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "News 04". www.railworkinggroup.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. ^ West Africa: New railway network aims to boost inter-regional trade December 2014 UN.org, accessed 6 August 2023
  3. ^ SG equipment 30 June 2020 www.railjournal.com, accessed 6 August 2023
  4. ^ Ghana Eastern Line 8 April 2019 www.railjournal.com, accessed 6 August 2023
  5. ^ Western SG line www.railwaysafrica.com (Premium Subscribers)
  6. ^ "Abidjan – Ouagadougou enhancement launched". www.railwaygazette.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ Home page www.ecowas.int, accessed 6 August 2023