Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s. [1] Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire. Domestic air services are intermittent. Conakry International Airport is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe.
Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials.
Iron mining at Simandou (North and South blocks) in the southeast is leading to the construction of a new heavy-haul standard gauge railway and deep-water port. Bauxite mining at Kalia in the east is may link to this line.
total: 1,155km
standard gauge: 366km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge
metre gauge: 789km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge (includes 662km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry) [2]
The lines do not all connect.
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. [3] [4]
See: Boffa-Boke Railway
This 136km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar and carries about 12,000,000 t (11,810,478 long tons ; 13,227,736 short tons ) per annum.
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.
This 662km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge. Conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge has been proposed.
This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.
The Transguinean Railway will be 622km long and of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge). It goes from Simandou iron ore mines in the south east to a new port at Matakong. [5] [6]
2021
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km
unpaved: 25,467 km (1996 est.)
The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea, connecting it to Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), and when construction in Sierra Leone and Liberia is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft
none (1999 est.)
15 (1999 est.)
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (1999 est.)
The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
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The Transguinean Railways is a proposed set of heavy haul standard gauge railways in Guinea to support haulage of primarily iron ore and bauxite.
Railway stations in Guinea include:
Guinea has 1,155km of railways. This comprises 366km at 1,435 mm gauge and 789km at 1,000 mm gauge. The latter includes 662km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry most of which is abandoned.
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