Rail transport in Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The track gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in).
The railway was built during the French colonial period, and links the port city of Abidjan with Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
Ivory Coast also has a metro system under construction, known as the Abidjan Metro. It will be 37 km long and connect Abidjan with Port-Bouët and Anyama.[1]
Railway links with adjacent countries
Burkina Faso - yes - 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Ghana - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Mali - no - same gauge
Guinea - no - same gauge
Liberia - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Timeline
2010
- In October 2010, the government announced plans to build a 737 km line which would link the port of San Pedro to mines in the west of the country.[2]
2015
- The first two of six GT26 locomotives arrived from NRE in June 2015.[3]
2016
- Six locomotives were ordered from Grindrod.[4]
2019
- Three BDe 4/4 II electric railcars, three ABt driving cars and nine second class coaches, formerly in service for Appenzeller Bahnen in Switzerland, were bought by Société de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe. They are to be used on services between Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.[5]
- A bilateral agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the modernisation and extension of the railway line connecting Abidjan, Ouagadougou, and Kaya was signed in July 2019.[6]
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Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway map -
ABt and BDe 4/4 II in Switzerland
Gallery
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Buffer-and-screw coupler 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.
See also
References
- ^ "Abidjan Metro, Ivory Coast". Railway Technology. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "Ivory Coast to Build Railway to Boost Output From Western Mines". Bloomberg. October 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ "NRE locos arrive in Abidjan". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. July 4, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Locomotives for Sitarail". railwaysafrica.com. Railways Africa. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Appenzeller Bahnen to Ouagadougou". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire – Burkina Faso railway upgrade agreement". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rail transport in Ivory Coast.
- UNHCR Atlas Map Côte d'Ivoire
- UN Map Côte d'Ivoire