The Abidjan Metro ( French: ''Métro d'Abidjan'') is a

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be ...

network under construction serving the Ivorian economic capital of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...

. Construction of the network started in November 2017, with the beginning of passenger service originally expected in 2022–2023, but has since been delayed to at least 2025. Initially planned to comprise a single line with 13 stations undertaken by Bouygues-Dongsan, a French-Korean consortium, the project has since then been expanded to a single north–south line with 20 stations, financed 100% by France and built solely by three French groups ( Bouygues, through its subsidiaries Bouygues Travaux Publics and

Colas Rail Colas Rail is a railway infrastructure and rail freight company primarily active in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of the French industrial group Bouygues. Colas Rail was originally created as ''Seco Rail'', named after its then-pare ...

, Alstom, and

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) after the withdrawal of the South Korean partners from the consortium in October 2017. Built mostly as an overground and

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in order to avoid more costly tunnels, its automated trains with a driver present in the cabin will be able to run at a top speed of 80 km/h (50 miles/hour) and a maximum frequency of about every 2 minutes. Line 1 of the Abidjan metro is expected to transport 500,000 passengers per day (180 million per year). Construction of line 1 will cost 920 billion

CFA francs The CFA franc (french: franc CFA, , Franc of the Financial Community of Africa, originally Franc of the French Colonies in Africa, or colloquially ; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight Wes ...

(1.4 billion euros; 1.7 billion US dollars), entirely financed by France via the French Treasury and the

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. In 2018 the Ivorian government was planning for a second line of the Abidjan Metro, an east–west line which would run from

Yopougon Yopougon (), also known colloquially as Yop City, is a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the most populous of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan and covers most of the western territory of the city. Yopougon is the only commune of Abidjan that sp ...

to Bingerville.

Stations

Line 1

* Anyama Centre (

Anyama Anyama is a city in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a suburb of Abidjan and is one of four sub-prefectures of Abidjan Autonomous District. Anyama is also a commune. The city is located about 20 kilometres north of Abidjan. Villages in the sub- ...

is a northern suburb of Abidjan) * Anyama Sud *

Abobo Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and one of the 10 urban communes of this city in Ivory Coast. Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1.3 million inhabitants in an area of 6,925 ha (69.25 km2), a dens ...

Nord * Abobo Intermédiaire * Abobo Centre * Abobo Banco * Abobo Université * Gare Internationale *

Adjamé Adjamé is one of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It forms part of the metropolitan area and autonomous district of Abidjan. The name ''Adjamé'' means "a junction" or "the centre" in the local Tchaman language. The Tchaman people ...

Agban * Adjamé Délégation *

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Centre (the central business district of Abidjan) * Plateau Lagune *

Treichville Treichville is a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Treichville is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Port-Bouët, Koumassi, and Marcory. ...

* Treichville Hôpital *

Marcory Marcory is a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Marcory is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Treichville, Koumassi Koumassi is a suburb of A ...

Canal * Marcory Centre * VGE (boulevard named after French president

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...

) * Akwaba * Port-Bouët (a southern suburb of Abidjan) * Aérocité (at Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport) Anyama Centre, Akwaba, Port-Bouët, and Aérocité stations should open in mid-2023. All other stations should open in mid-2022.

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