Railway stations in Cameroon

Douala railway station

The list of railway stations in Cameroon includes:

Stations served by passenger trains

Order	Station name	Route(s)	Diesel Depot	Remarks
10	Belabo	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé	Depot
000 km	Bessengué	Douala – Kumba Douala – Yaoundé	Depot
069 km	Edéa	Douala – Yaoundé		069 km [1]
-9	Ediki	Kumba – Mbanga
75	Eséka	Douala – Yaoundé	Limited Depot	Start steep incline	Overweight passenger tax
120	Kumba	Douala – Kumba Kumba – Mbanga
180	Makak	Douala – Yaoundé		End steep incline
700	Mbandjock	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
600	Minim	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
000	Mbanga	Douala – Kumba Kumba – Mbanga
000	Nanga Eboko	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
000	Ngaoundal	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
750	Ngaoundéré Central Station	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé	Depot
400	Obala	Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
283 km	Yaoundé	Douala – Yaoundé Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé	Depot	[2]

Towns served by rail

Existing

(600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge plantation railway)

• Limbe - port, terminal, cement works ^[3]

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(1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge)

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• Nkongsamba (W) – railhead in northwest - rehabilitate
• Mbanga (W) – junction in west
  • Kumba (W) – branch terminus in west ^[4]
• Bonabéri (W) – port in west

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• Douala – river port - cement works - 62 km
• Edéa – river crossing Sanaga River; future junction to ocean port Kribi (114 km)
• Mésondo
• Eséka
• Makak located in Center Province
• Otélé junction for Mbalmayo
• Yaoundé national capital – cement works
• The railway line was extended from Yaoundé to Ngaoundéré, a distance of 622 km, and was inaugurated in 1974 2.

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Rehabilitate

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• Nanga Eboko
• Bélabo – ballast quarry and concrete sleeper plant ^[5]
• Ngaoundal
• Ngaoundéré – bauxite – railhead
• Ngoumen
• Otélé – junction for Mbalmayo
  • Mbalmayo – river port branch railhead in east

Under construction

• There are plans for an iron ore railway belonging to Sundance Resources, isolated from existing railways, going from mine(s) around Mbalam to a port at Kribi . This line will be 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge. ^{[6] [7]} This line would also extend a short distance into the Republic of Congo. In September, 2011, a deal was struck with Legend Resources, also of Australia, to share railway and port infrastructure for another iron ore mine. This line will be 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge, but later on it links with the existing1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Camrail system. Contracts for construction were signed in June 2014. Since the tonnage to be carried on this line is about 35MTpa, it needs powerful locomotives, which implies 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The line is said to be mostly double track. ^[8]

The line will be built by the Portuguese company Mota-Engil

• Kribi – port (0 km)
• (junction) (cross border extension to other mines) at Nabeba in Congo Brazzaville.
• Mbalam – mine (510 km)

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• Kribi - ocean port
• 130 km link for alumina traffic in 1000mm gauge or dual gauge (1435mm + 1000mm)
• Edéa – junction to Kribi.

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• (junction) (0 km)
• (border)
• Nabeba, Congo – iron ore mine (70 km)
• Avima, Congo

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Proposed or upgrade

• In 2002, there were plans to extend a railway line from Kribi via Mbalmayo to Bangui in the Central African Republic. ^[9]
• In September 2009, a Korean proposal surfaced to upgrade and duplicate the national railway system. ^[10]
• In November 2013, Cameroon and China signed an agreement to build a high-speed standard gauge railway from Douala (port) to Yaoundé ^[11]

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• (eastwards)
• Mbalam
• Yokadouma for timber traffic ^[12]

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• (northwards)
• Ngaoundéré
• Maroua for timber traffic ^[12]

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• Ngaoundéré, Cameroon – northern railhead ^[13] 0 km
• border
• N'Djamena – capital of Chad 1400 km

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• These rail routes are
  • Edéa – proposed junction and possible break of gauge
  • Kribi – deep water ocean port and possible break of gauge
  • Douala – shallow river port
  • Limbe
  • Douala
  • Ngaoundéré ^[14]

Break of gauge train

A passenger service across the standard gauge/metre gauge break of gauge near Kribi can be provided using the Swiss technology of the GoldenPass Express. This connects the mine at Mbalam with Douala port and Yaoundé the national capital. See Stadler Rail.

Timeline

2023

• Mbalam to Kribi railway started.

2020

• Alumina mine at Minim, Martap and Birsok to Kribi port. ^[15]

2015

• Cameroon-Chad railway ^[5]

2018

• Cameroon started clearing the ground for a 130-km road and rail link from Edéa to the new ocean port at Kribi. ^[16]

2014

• Birsok leases adjacent to Minim, Martap leases. ^[17]

Maps

• UN Map
• UNHCR Atlas Map

Bessengue railway station

Buildings at Bessengue Railway Station

Clock at Bessengue Railway Station

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See also

• Rail transport in Cameroon
• Railway stations in Chad
• Cement in Africa

References

1. "Distance from Edea, Cameroon to Douala, Cameroon". www.travelmath.com.
2. The distance from Edea, Cameroon to Yaounde, Cameroon
3. Unknown ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "CAMEROON RLY LOSES PASSENGERS". Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
5. "Bolloré Railways concessions". 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
6. "Map c2007". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
7. "Development of a New World - Class Iron Ore Region in Central Africa". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
8. "ANS (ASX) Mbalam-Nabeba project: The outlines of an inter-State project of 5400 billion FCFA". HotCopper.
9. Janes World Railways, 2002-2003, p76
10. "Cameroon Enlists Korean Consortium to Develop National Rail Plan". 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
11. "Railpage". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
12. "allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Wood Industry - Request for Railway in Yokadouma and Maroua". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26.
13. "RAIL PLAN TO LINK CHAD & CAMEROON | Railways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
14. "Tender launched for Cameroon railway lines". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
15. Alumina traffic
16. 130km link
17. "Birsok" (PDF).