ECOWAS rail

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One of the goals of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the development of an integrated railroad network.

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Aims include the extension of railways in member countries, the interconnection of previously isolated railways and the standardisation of gauge, brakes, couplings, and other parameters.

Proposed lines

The first line would connect the cities and ports of Lagos, Cotonou, Lomé and Accra and would allow the largest container ships to focus on a smaller number of large ports, while efficiently serving a larger hinterland. This line connects 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge systems, which would require four rail dual gauge, which can also provide standard gauge. [1]

Gauge (railway)

Table A
System Gauge Remarks
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia (nil)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Transport 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) starts 2019.
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau (nil)
Flag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia Transport 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in);
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Transport 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in);
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
conversion to SG starts 2018.
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Transport 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)(suspended)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Transport 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in);
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)

See also

References

  1. "PROPOSED ECOWAS RAILWAY | Railways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.