Railway stations in Benin

Railway stations in Benin include:

Maps

• UNHCR Map
• CIA Map

Cities served by rail

Railways in Benin (interactive version)
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

• Pobé - branch railhead in east
• Ouidah - on line to west
• Segboroué - branch railhead in west.

Under construction

• (2015) ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Parakou (438km) - railhead in north
• Ndali
• Kandi
• Guéné
• Lama-Kara
• border (574km) ^[5]
• Gaya
• Dosso ^[6]
• Kollo
• Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
• Niamey (1000km)

Proposed

• Cadjehoun St Jean
• Godomey
• Cococodji
• Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service ^[7]
• Sémé
• Porto Novo
• Cotonou - terminus of suburban passenger service

• Lomé, Togo - port

• Benin is a country that is bordered by Togo, Nigeria, and Niger

Closed

There were two small 600mm gauge lines.^[8]

• 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.^[9]

• northern extension ^[10]

2014

• In April 2014, work is to start on a railway extension from the port of Cotonou in Benin. ^{[11] [12]}

2015

• In 2015, construction started on an extension of the line to Niger, including an upgrade of the existing line within Benin.
• In 2015, rehabilitation of the East-West (Blue) line starter. ^[13]

See also

• Transport in Benin
• AfricaRail
• Railway stations in Niger

References

External links

Media related to Train stations in Benin at Wikimedia Commons