Railway stations in Guinea

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Railway stations in Guinea include:

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Cities served by rail

Santou - Dapilon (North Trans-Guinean Railway)

This 125km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines in the Santou II and Houda areas with a new port at Dapilon, both places in the north of Guinea.

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Chemin de Fer de Boké

This 136km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar.

Chemin de fer de Conakry – Fria

This 127km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction. It shares its first 16km with Chemin de Fer de Guinee.

Chemin de Fer de Guinee

This 662km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge. Conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) gauge has been proposed. [1]


Tougué Branch

This proposed line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in).

Societe des Bauxites de Kindia (SBK)

This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.

TransGuinean Railway (under construction 2025) [5]

The Transguinean Railway will be 622km long and of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and potentially bauxite mines in the north to a new port a Matakong. [6] [7]

There will be a branch to:

Proposed Guinea - Liberia Railway

(This line would be heavy duty 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) gauge) This line is badly affected by the theft of rail spikes and plates which can cause derailments.

Proposed Mali railway

Timeline

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2010

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