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Accra Central Station is the main railway station in 
The station was completed in 1910, to serve the new Accra to Mangoase line, with railway offices built nearby. Prior to its construction, the area was a marshy valley. The line was steadily extended, and reached Kumasi in 1923. As a single track leads north from the station, capacity was a problem, but the station was not reconstructed, and from the 1950s, traffic began to decline.
By 2011, the station had no service; it was instead used by market traders, while some people used abandoned trains as housing. In January 2019, a new once-daily service to Tema was introduced.{{cite news , title=See the schedule for the new Accra-Tema Train Service , url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/see-the-schedule-for-the-new-accra-tema-train-service.html , accessdate=1 July 2019 , work=Daily Graphic , date=29 January 2019
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, the capital of Ghana.
The station was completed in 1910, to serve the new Accra to Mangoase line, with railway offices built nearby. Prior to its construction, the area was a marshy valley. The line was steadily extended, and reached Kumasi in 1923. As a single track leads north from the station, capacity was a problem, but the station was not reconstructed, and from the 1950s, traffic began to decline.
By 2011, the station had no service; it was instead used by market traders, while some people used abandoned trains as housing. In January 2019, a new once-daily service to Tema was introduced.{{cite news , title=See the schedule for the new Accra-Tema Train Service , url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/see-the-schedule-for-the-new-accra-tema-train-service.html , accessdate=1 July 2019 , work=Daily Graphic , date=29 January 2019
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