Transport in Guinea

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 Cities served by rail 1.3.1 Northern line 1.3.2 Central line 1.3.3 Southern line 1.3.4 South Western line 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

The lines do not all connect.

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Guinea-Bissau - no railways
• Senegal - no - 1000mm gauge
• 1000mm - no - 1000mm gauge
• Ivory Coast - no - 1000mm gauge
• Liberia - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1435mm & 1067mm

[edit] Maps

• [1]

[edit] Cities served by rail

[edit] Northern line

This line is 1435mm gauge.

• Port Kamsar - port
• Boke
• Sangarédi - bauxite mine

[edit] Central line

This line is 1000mm gauge.

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Dubréka
• Fria - bauxite mine

[edit] Southern line

This line is 1000mm gauge.

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Kindia - provincial capital.
• Kolèntèn
• Konkouré - several km north of railway
• Mamou - provincial capital
• Kégnégo
• Dabola
• Bissikrima
• Cisséla -
• Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
• Kankan - terminus and provincial capital.

[edit] South Western line

This line is 1435mm and parallels the Southern line.

• Conakry - capital and port. Rail Map (red dots) Rail Map (gray lines)

• Kindia - bauxite mine.

[edit] Highways

total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km
unpaved: 25,467 km (1996 est.)

Total:00,000,000

[edit] Waterways

1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

[edit] Ports and harbors

• Boke, Conakry, Kamsar

[edit] Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

15 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (1999 est.)

The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Guinea
• Guinea#Transportation