The history of rail transport in Equatorial Guinea began in 1913, when a
standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in E ...
was constructed from the capital of
Equatorial Guinea,
Santa Isabel, to the nearby villages of
Banapa and Basupo. In 1929 this railway was extended to the shore near Basupo but the line was unprofitable and was then closed.
There is currently no rail transport in Equatorial Guinea.
See also
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History of rail transport
The history of rail transport began in the BCE times. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used.
Ancient systems
The Post Track, a prehistoric causeway in the v ...
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History of Equatorial Guinea
The History of Equatorial Guinea is marked by centuries of colonial domination by the Portuguese, British and Spanish colonial empires, and by the local kingdoms.
Pre-colonial history
The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial ...
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Transport in Equatorial Guinea
This article lists transport in Equatorial Guinea.
Railways
There are currently no railways in Equatorial Guinea.
Maps
Highways
There are 2,880 km (1,790 mi) of highways in Equatorial Guinea, the majority of which were not p ...
References
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