Transport in Gabon

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent states 1.2 Maps 1.3 Cities served by rail 1.4 Cities proposed to be served by rail 1.5 Other 1.6 2006 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Seaports and harbours 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 See also

[edit] Railways

The only railway in the nation is the Trans-Gabon Railway.

total: 649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent states

• Equatorial Guinea - no - no railways
• Cameroon - no - break of gauge 1435mm/1000mm
• Republic of the Congo - no - break of gauge 1435mm/1067mm

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

• UNHCR map - does not show line to Franceville

• TravelPortal map - shows major rivers

• UNJLC Rail map of Southern Africa - does not show line to Franceville

[edit] Cities served by rail

• Libreville - capital
• Owendo - port
• Franceville - railhead
• Ndjolé
• Lopé
• Booué - likely junction for branchline to Makokou
• Lastoursville
• Moanda
• Ntoum
• Kango
• Four-Place
• Mounana - ?

[edit] Cities proposed to be served by rail

• Makokou - iron ore
• Santa Clara - proposed deep water port for Makokou iron ore.
• Bélinga - possible iron ore mine.

[edit] Other

• Railway telecom system 2003

[edit] 2006

• China signs a deal for an iron ore mine with assocatiated rail and port upgrades [1]

[edit] Highways

total: 7,670 km
paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,041 km (1996 est.)

Roads in Gabon link most areas of the country, and many of the main roads are of a reasonable standard. However, remoter areas along the coast and in the east are often not connected to the road network. Major roads are denoted national routes and numbered, with a prefix "N" (sometimes "RN"):

• N1 road: Libreville – Kougouleu – Bifoun – Lambaréné – Mouila – Ndendé – Tchibanga - (Congo-Brazzaville)
• N2 road: Bifoun – Alémbe – Viate – Mitzic – Bibasse – Oyem – Bitam – Éboro – (Cameroon)
• N3 road: Alémbé – Kazamabika – Lastoursville – Moanda – Franceville
• N4 road: Viate – Ekonlong – Makokou – Mékambo
• N5 road: Kougouleu – Bibasse
• N6 road: Mayumba – Tchibanga – Ndendé – Lebamba - Koulamoutou – Lastoursville

[edit] Waterways

1,600 km perennially navigable

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 270 km; petroleum products 14 km

[edit] Seaports and harbours

Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene (river port), Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo (railhead), Port-Gentil

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,419 GRT/3,205 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

61 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 50
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 25 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• COMILOG Cableway
• Gabon

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.