Railway stations in Benin
Railway stations in Benin include:
Maps
Cities served by rail
existing 1000mm gauge, under construction 1000mm gauge, dismantled 600mm gauge
Operational
- (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge) [1]
- Cotonou - (0 km) port
- Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
- Bohicon
- Dassa-Zoume
- Savé
- Parakou - (438 km) railhead in north
Non operational
Under construction
- (2015) [2][3][4]
-
Parakou (438 km) - railhead in north - Ndali
- Kandi
- Guéné
- Lama-Kara
-
border (574 km) [5] - Gaya
- Dosso [6]
- Kollo
- Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
- Niamey (1000 km)
Proposed
- Cadjehoun St Jean
- Godomey
- Cococodji
- Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service [7]
- Sémé
- Porto Novo
- Cotonou - terminus of suburban passenger service
Closed
There were two small 600mm gauge lines.[8]
- Abomdy - junction
- Zagando - branch terminus
Timeline
2011
- The railway line will cover Cotonou-Parakou-Dosso-Niamey-Tera-Dori-Ouagadougou-Abidjan and will go through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.
2012
- On 31 November 2011, a agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkino Faso, Niger and Benin.[9]
- northern extension [10]
2014
2015
- In 2015, construction started on an extension of the line to Niger, including an upgrade of the existing line within Benin.
- In 2015, rehabilitation of the East-West (Blue) line started.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ UN
- ↑ Times Atlas of the World 2007 p86
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/benin-niger-railway-project-launched.html?channel=538
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2015/03/31/benin-railway-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/10/extending-from-benin-to-niger/
- ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/benin-passenger-service-to-launch-this-year.html
- ↑ http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/benin01.htm
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/01/railway-to-link-west-african-states/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11358153.htm
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica magazine
- ↑
External links
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