Rail transport in Togo
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Rail transport in Togo consists of 568 km (353 mi) (2014) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway.[1]
Operators[]
Trains are operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Togolais (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of Réseau des Chemins de Fer du Togo from 1997 to 1998.[2] Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines du Bénin (CTMB) operated phosphate trains.[2]
Lines[]
- Lomé–Aného railway
- Lomé–Blitta railway
- Lomé–Kpalimé railway
- Hahotoé–Kpémé railway (operated by CTMB)[2]
Towns served by rail[]
- Lomé - port and national capital
- Blitta - terminus of the Lomé–Blitta railway
Railway links with adjacent countries[]
- Burkina Faso - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge 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).
Standards[]
- Coupling – Centre buffer and two side chains
- Brakes – Vacuum brake[3]
- Maximum speed – up to 35 km/h[2]
History[]
- Construction of the first railway line in Togo, the Lomé–Aného railway, began in 1904.
- In 1980, the average distance travelled by one person was 50 kilometers.[4]
- A siding across the border from a cement plant in Aflao, Ghana, to the port of Lomé was completed in 2014.[5]
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.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Togo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Harris, Ken, ed. (2005). Jane's World Railways 2005-2006 (47th ed.). Jane's Information Group. p. 464. ISBN 0 7106 2710 6.
- ^ "Steam in Africa 2019 - Togo". Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ Goldsack, Paul, ed. (1981). Jane's World Railways 1981-82 (23rd ed.). Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. p. 514. ISBN 0 7106 0726 1.
- ^ "Togo railway plan". railwaygazette.com. DVV Media International. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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