Rail transport in Togo
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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
Railway links with adjacent countries
Burkina Faso - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge
Benin - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge
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 Burkina Faso.
Timeline
2014
- Siding across border to Diamond Cement Ghana Limited at Aflao in Ghana.
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
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External links
Media related to Rail transport in Togo at Wikimedia Commons
- UN Map
- Early history