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Rail transport in Ivory Coast

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A Sitarail train in July 2009
Agboville station in July 2009

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The track gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 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]

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Timeline

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2010

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  • 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

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  • The first two of six GT26 locomotives arrived from NRE in June 2015.[3]

2016

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2019

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  • 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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Abidjan Metro, Ivory Coast". Railway Technology. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ "Ivory Coast to Build Railway to Boost Output From Western Mines". Bloomberg. October 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  3. ^ "NRE locos arrive in Abidjan". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. July 4, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "Locomotives for Sitarail". railwaysafrica.com. Railways Africa. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Appenzeller Bahnen to Ouagadougou". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire – Burkina Faso railway upgrade agreement". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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