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Railways In Togo
Rail transport in Togo consists of (2014) of railway. Operators Trains are operated by (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of from 1997 to 1998. Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the (CTMB) operated phosphate trains. Lines * Lomé–Aného railway * Lomé–Blitta railway * Lomé–Kpalimé railway *Hahotoé–Kpémé railway (operated by CTMB) Towns served by rail * Lomé - port and national capital * Blitta - terminus of the Lomé–Blitta railway Railway links with adjacent countries * Burkina Faso - no - same gauge * Benin - no - same gauge * Ghana - no - break-of-gauge / . Standards * Coupling – Centre buffer and two side chains * Brakes – Vacuum brake * Maximum speed – up to 35 km/h History *Construction of the first railway line in Togo, the Lomé–Aného railway, began in 1904. *In 1980, the average distance travelled by one person was 50 kilometers. *A siding across the border from a cement pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railways In Togo
Rail transport in Togo consists of (2014) of railway. Operators Trains are operated by (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of from 1997 to 1998. Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the (CTMB) operated phosphate trains. Lines * Lomé–Aného railway * Lomé–Blitta railway * Lomé–Kpalimé railway *Hahotoé–Kpémé railway (operated by CTMB) Towns served by rail * Lomé - port and national capital * Blitta - terminus of the Lomé–Blitta railway Railway links with adjacent countries * Burkina Faso - no - same gauge * Benin - no - same gauge * Ghana - no - break-of-gauge / . Standards * Coupling – Centre buffer and two side chains * Brakes – Vacuum brake * Maximum speed – up to 35 km/h History *Construction of the first railway line in Togo, the Lomé–Aného railway, began in 1904. *In 1980, the average distance travelled by one person was 50 kilometers. *A siding across the border from a cement pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Ghana
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 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 no rail links of the main system with adjoining countries. However, the Lomé—Aflao line of the Togo rail system is partly located in Ghana. There are also plans to extend the Kumasi-Takoradi railway to Paga, by the Burkina Faso border, plus a branch from Tamale to Yendi. On 31 August 2022, an agreement was announced to upgrade the 299 km Western Railway to , to be operated by Ghana Railway Co and Thelo DB will as rail manager for the US$3·2bn project. Time line Inverse order. 2020 Several SGR are under construction, including * a line from Tema, via Ho and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Togo
This article refers to transportation in the country of Togo. Railways ''total:'' 568 km (2008) ''narrow gauge:'' 568 km of gauge Roadways ''total:'' 7,520 km ''paved:'' 2,376 km ''unpaved:'' 5,144 km (2000) The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Togo, connecting it to Benin and Nigeria to the east, and Ghana and Ivory Coast to the west. When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to seven other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) nations. A paved highway also connects Togo northwards to Burkina Faso and from there north-west to Mali and north-east to Niger. Waterways 50 km (seasonally navigable by small craft on the Mono River depending on rainfall. (2011)) Ports and harbours * Kpémé * Lomé - railhead Merchant marine ''total:'' 62 ships ''ships by type:'' bulk carrier 6, cargo 38, carrier 3, chemical tanker 5, container 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AfricaRail
AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo. These are all gauge. A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of but are converting to . Timeline 2022 * Jeremie Taieb takes the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors 2020 * Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment * Ghana Eastern SG line approved 2019 * 8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km) * Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line 2015 Various links. * West African rail loop of 2740 km. * Abidjan to Ouagadougou line. * proposed new line linking Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Niamey in Niger. * proposed new line linking Niger and Parakou in Benin. * rehabilitation of the existing l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-communist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aflao
Aflao is a town in Ketu South District in the Volta Region on Ghana's border with Togo. Aflao is the twenty-eighth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 96,550 people. In the 18th century, Aflao served as one of the major markets for the slave trade. Aflao is a big Land shared by the border of Ghana and Togo. So we have Aflao of Ghana and Aflao of Togo. The culture of this land base on their clothes called Kente or kete. Their local music is Agbadja and Brekete. Ghana authorities plan to creat a unique common post at Aflao. History Aflao people were war refugees of Phla extraction from Grand Popo in Benin. The exodus from Grand Popo was the result of the Wars by the Kingdom of Dahomey for access to the seaboard and European trading forts along the coast of Benin and Togo. Other war refugees who were of Ga Dangme extraction and displaced by the Akwamu wars also settled in Aflao. The Ga Dangme settled in the suburbs of Teshie, Gbugbla a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacuum Brake
The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s. A variant, the automatic vacuum brake system, became almost universal in British train equipment and in countries influenced by British practice. Vacuum brakes also enjoyed a brief period of adoption in the United States, primarily on narrow-gauge railroads. Their limitations caused them to be progressively superseded by compressed air systems starting in the United Kingdom from the 1970s onward. The vacuum brake system is now obsolete; it is not in large-scale usage anywhere in the world, other than in South Africa, largely supplanted by air brakes. Introduction In the earliest days of railways, trains were slowed or stopped by the application of manually applied brakes on the locomotive and in brake vehicles through the train, and later by steam power brakes on locomotives. This was clearly unsatisfactory, given the slow and unreliable response times (each brake being separately applied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brake (railway)
A railway brake is a type of brake used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration (downhill) or to keep them immobile when parked. While the basic principle is similar to that on road vehicle usage, operational features are more complex because of the need to control multiple linked carriages and to be effective on vehicles left without a prime mover. Clasp brakes are one type of brakes historically used on trains. Early days In the earliest days of railways, braking technology was primitive. The first trains had brakes operative on the locomotive tender and on vehicles in the train, where "porters" or, in the United States brakemen, travelling for the purpose on those vehicles operated the brakes. Some railways fitted a special deep-noted brake whistle to locomotives to indicate to the porters the necessity to apply the brakes. All the brakes at this stage of development were applied by operation of a screw and linkage to brake blocks applie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Coupling
A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism typically placed at each end of a railway vehicle that connects them together to form a train. A variety of coupler types have been developed over the course of railway history. Key issues in their design include strength, reliability, ease of making connections and operator safety. The equipment that connects the couplings to the vehicles is the draft gear or draw gear and these must absorb the stresses of coupling and train acceleration. Nomenclature Compatible and similar couplings or couplers are frequently referred to using widely differing make, brand, or regional names, or nicknames, which can make describing standard or typical designs confusing. Dimensions and ratings noted in these articles are usually of nominal or typical components and systems, though standards and practices also vary widely with railway, region, and era. Buffers and chain The basic type of coupling on railways following the British tradition is the bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break-of-gauge
With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run on those rails) meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock generally cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, leading to passengers having to change trains and freight requiring transloading or transshipping; this can add delays, costs, and inconvenience to travel on such a route. History Break of gauge was a common issue in the early days of railways, as standards had not yet been set and different organizations each used their own favored gauge on the lines they controlled—sometimes for mechanical and engineering reasons (optimizing for geography or particular types of load and rolling stock), and sometimes for commercial and competitive reasons (interoperability and non-interoperability within and between companies and alliances were often key strategic moves). Various solutions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Benin
Benin has a total of of Single track (rail), single track, (metre gauge) railway. Rail construction began around 1900, with regular services commencing in 1906; rail operation was taken into government control (from private companies) in 1930. Benin does not currently share railway links with adjacent countries, although at least three are planned, and the link into Niger is already under construction. Transport in Niger, Niger possesses no other railways; so the new line will provide a first and only rail route to and from that country. The other surrounding countries, Transport in Nigeria, Nigeria, Transport in Togo, Togo, and Transport in Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, do have railway networks, but no Benin connections have yet been built. Benin will be a participant in the AfricaRail project. The proposed Benin-Niger railway will be converted to . History Northern Line The first railway in Benin was opened during the France, French colonial rule in 1906, between the port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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