Transport in Gabon

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[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

[edit] Maps

[edit] Cities served by rail

Main article: Railway stations in Gabon

[edit] Existing

[edit] Proposed

[edit] Other

[edit] 2007

  • New rail line from Belinga will go 450km all the way to the coast, rather than to be a branch off an existing line. [1]
  • Pan Afican issues [2]

[edit] 2006

  • China signs a deal for an iron ore mine with assocatiated rail and port upgrades from Belinga to Santa Clara [1]

[2]

[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"):

[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 (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 2,419 GRT/3,205 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Business Report - China given monopoly to work Gabon's untapped iron ore resources
  2. ^ Railway Corridors in Africa to be Connected
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