Rail transport in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The track gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in).
In October 2010, the government announced plans to build a 737 km line which would link the port of San Pedro to mines in the west of the country.[1]
Railway links with adjacent countries
- Burkina Faso - yes - 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
- Ghana - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- Mali - no - same gauge
- Guinea - no - same gauge
- Liberia - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
See also
References
- ↑ "Ivory Coast to Build Railway to Boost Output From Western Mines - Bloomberg". Retrieved 2010-10-06.
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