Railway stations in Guinea
Railway stations in Guinea include:
Maps
Cities served by rail
Northern line
This line is 1435 mm gauge and carries about 12 million tonnes per annum.
Central line
This line is 1000 mm gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction.
Central Trans-Guinean Railway
This line is 1000 mm gauge. Conversion to 1435 mm gauge has been proposed. [1] Rejuvenation of this line will be paid for by allow Simandou North iron ore to be exported to a more close by port in Liberia. [2]
Southern branch
This line is 1435 mm.
South Western line
This line is 1435 mm and parallels the Southern line.
Proposed South Trans-Guinean Railways
The heavy duty Transguinean Railways is about 750 km long and would be standard gauge (1435 mm). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and bauxite mines in the north to a new port at Matakong. [7] The link may be double track. [8] This project has been delayed by a coup. [9] In 2001, this line was estimated to cost $3,000m. [10] The line includes 21km of tunnels [11] which might mean one runnel 21km long, or 21 tunnels each 1 km long.
- Marela - possible junction to Central line
- Diagouré - junction with Central line
- Pontiola - bauxite
Proposed Guinea - Liberia Railway
- (This line would be heavy duty 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge)
- Zogota iron ore [13]
- Simandou (north) - iron ore deposit near Diéké [14] [15] [16] [17]
- Nimba - iron ore
- (Lamco Railway of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge) being rehabilitated by ArcelorMittal).
- (Lamco Railway runs parallel to Guinea-Liberia Railway for a considerable distance)
- Buchanan - closest port
- Didia. [18]. new port owned by BSG Resources.
Timeline
2011
- Vale commences to relay derelect railway from Conakry to Kankan. This billion dollar project might be the opportunity to introduce gauge conversion to standard gauge.
2010
- Guinea and Liberia agree to build transborder railway for iron ore traffic. [19] This railway would be shorter and cheaper than a railway entirely within Guinea territory. As part of the deal, the narrow gauge Trans-Guinean railway would be renovated.
See also
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