Eastern Railway Line, Ghana
The Eastern Railway Line is a 300 km (190 mi) narrow gauge railway line from Accra Station to Kumasi, with a branch line from Achimota Railway Station to Tema.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Eastern Railway Line, sometimes referred to as the cocoa line, was built in three phases.[3][4]
The first phase, from Accra to Mangoase, was started in 1908 opened in 1912. The line from Accra reached Tafo in 1918 before it eventually reached Kumasi in the 1923.[5][6] Unlike the Western line which took 6 years to build, the Eastern line took 15 years due to shortage from war.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministry of Railways Development - Ghana - accra kumasi (eastern line) 300 km". www.mrd.gov.gh. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Tsey, Komla; Short, Stephanie D. (1995-03-01). "From headloading to the iron horse: The unequal health consequences of railway construction and expansion in the Gold Coast, 1898–1929". Social Science & Medicine. 40 (5): 613–621. doi:10.1016/0277-9536(95)80005-5. ISSN 0277-9536.
- ^ "Ghana Railway Company Limited". SIGA: State Interests and Governance Authority. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Railway sector has 'collapsed'". GhanaWeb. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Jedwab, Rémi; Moradi, Alexandre (2011), Transportation Infrastructure and Development in Ghana, retrieved 2024-01-16
- ^ "About us | Ghana Railway Company Limited". grcl.gov.gh. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Due, John F. (1979). "The Problems of Rail Transport in Tropical Africa". The Journal of Developing Areas. 13 (4): 375–393. ISSN 0022-037X. JSTOR 4190688.
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