Railway stations in Benin
Railway stations in Benin include:
Maps
Cities served by rail
existing 1000mm gauge, under construction 1000mm gauge, dismantled 600mm gauge
Operational
- (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge) [1]
- Cotonou - (0km) port
- Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
- Bohicon
- Dassa-Zoume
- Savé
- Parakou - (438km) railhead in north
Non operational
Under Construction
- (2015) [2] [3] [4]
-
Parakou (438km) - railhead in north - Ndali
- Kandi
- Guéné
- Lama-Kara
-
border (574km) [5] - Gaya
- Dosso [6]
- Kollo
- Say, Niger - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
- Niamey (1000km)
Proposed
-
Lomé - port
Benin is a country that is bordered by Togo, Nigeria, and Niger
Closed
There were two small 600mm gauge lines.[7]
- Abomdy - junction
- Zagando - branch terminus
Timeline
2011
- The railway line will cover Cotonou-Parakou-Dosso-Niamey-Tera-Dori-Ouagadougou-Abidjan and will go through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.
2012
- On 31 November 2011, a agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkino Faso, Niger and Benin.[8]
- northern extension [9]
2014
In April 2014, work is to start on a railway extension from the port of Cotonou in Benin. [10] [11]
2015
In 2015, construction started on an extension of the line to Niger, including an upgrade of the existing line within Benin.
See also
References
- ↑ UN
- ↑ Times Atlas of the World 2007 p86
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/benin-niger-railway-project-launched.html?channel=538
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2015/03/31/benin-railway-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/10/extending-from-benin-to-niger/
- ↑ http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/benin01.htm
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/01/railway-to-link-west-african-states/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11358153.htm
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica magazine
External links
Media related to Train stations in Benin at Wikimedia Commons
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