Rail transport in Togo

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

Rail transport in Togo consists of 568 km (2008) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) railway. However, no trains have run on them for many years.

Standards

Towns served by rail

  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge
  • Benin Benin - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge
  • Ghana Ghana - no - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) / 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).

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 Burkino Faso.

Timeline

2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
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