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The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.
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The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.
The following towns or villages currently have or had rail service in Ghana; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge unless otherwise noted :
Railway in the western part of Ghana is formalised by the Western Railway Line and has stations passing through the following towns.
This list includes regauged stations.
Takoradi - port - break of gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Manso Tarkwa - junction for northwest Huni Valley Dunkwa Nyinahim Sunyani (regional capital Brong-Ahafo) Techiman - junction Bole Salwa Wa (regional capital Upper West Region) Hamile - northwest terminus - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) - 
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou - junction1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [7] under construction 2020
Tema - Port Mpakadan Kpeve Hohoe Jasikan Bimbila Yendi Tamale (regional capital Northern Region) Walewale Bolgatanga (regional capital Upper East Region) Navrongo Paga Akosombo Ho (regional capital Volta Region) Hohoe Paga (0 km) - - Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso) [8] Po Dakola Zabre Tenkodogo Manga Bagre Ouagadougou - junction - national capital (166 km) (1000 km from Tema) Dansoman La, Ghana Teshie, Ghana 
Aflao - near border in east with Togo, and capital Lomé. Togo-Ghana border Tema Accra - national capital Winneba Cape Coast (regional capital Central Region, Ghana) Takoradi (regional capital Western Region, Ghana) Omanpe 
Ghana-Côte d'Ivoire border(far eastern line)
(Suburban line)
Lake Volta branch to east:
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The railway system in Ghana has historically been confined to the plains south of the barrier range of mountains north of the city of Kumasi. However, the 1,067 mm narrow gauge railway, totalling 1,300 kilometres, is undergoing major rehabilitation and inroads to the interior are now being made. In Ghana, most of the lines are single tracked, and in 1997 it was estimated that 32 kilometres were double tracked.
There are 622 kilometres of 1,000 mmmetre gauge railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire and is part of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway. As of June 2024, 'Sitarail' does not operate a passenger train to Abidjan.
Prudential Bank Limited (PBL), commonly known as Prudential Bank, is a private commercial bank in Ghana. It is licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the central bank and national banking regulator.
The Takoradi Harbour is a harbour located in the Western region of Ghana. It is located in the industrial district of Sekondi-Takoradi and is the oldest harbour in Ghana. The Takoradi harbour, along with the Tema Harbour, are the only harbours in the country.
Bank of Africa Ghana Limited, also referred to as BOA Ghana, is a commercial bank in Ghana. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by Bank of Ghana, the central bank of Ghana, and the national banking regulator. the bank has 33 branches in 2015.
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The Ministry of Railway Development of Ghana was created with the core responsible to ensure and increase infrastructural growth and service delivery in Ghana's transport sector to help ease pressure on the other means of transport. The ministry is also tasked with the responsibility of ensuring quality, effective and a more secure means of traveling and transporting goods and services within Ghana and the neighboring countries.
The Western Railway Line is a narrow gauge single track railway line from Takoradi Port to Kumasi, with branch lines at Kojokrom, which leads to Sekondi and another at Dunkwa, which leads to Awaso.
