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Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as C么te d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of C么te d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
(C么te d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The track gauge is . The railway was built during the French colonial period, and links the port city of Abidjan with Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.


Railway links with adjacent countries

* Burkina Faso - yes - * Ghana - no - break of gauge / * Mali - no - same gauge *
Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 馂馂き馂げ馂か, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, 邧邔攥撸邖攉, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: R茅publique de Guin茅e), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
- no - same gauge *
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia鈥揝ierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
- no - break of gauge /


Timeline


2010

* In October 2010, the government announced plans to build a 737 km line which would link the port of San Pedro to mines in the west of the country.


2015

* The first two of six GT26 locomotives arrived from NRE in June 2015.


2016

* Six locomotives were ordered from Grindrod.


2019

* Three BDe 4/4 II electric railcars, three ABt driving cars and nine second class coaches, formerly in service for
Appenzeller Bahnen Appenzell Railways (german: Appenzeller Bahnen, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau. It operates a network of railways in the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Thurgau. History Th ...
in Switzerland, were bought by Soci茅t茅 de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe. They are to be used on services between Abidjan in C么te d'Ivoire and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. * A bilateral agreement between C么te d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the modernisation and extension of the railway line connecting Abidjan, Ouagadougou, and Kaya was signed in July 2019. File:Abidjan-Niger-Railway.png, Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway map File:AB BDe 4-4 Appenzell - Gontenbad.jpg, ABt and BDe 4/4 II in Switzerland


Gallery

File: Coupler 2B&S 1000mm IVC & BKF 07.png,
Buffer-and-screw coupler Buffers and chain couplers (also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", "screwlink", and "English" couplers) are the de facto UIC standard railway stock coupling used in the EU and UK, and on some surviving former colonial railways, such as in ...
gauge in
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as C么te d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of C么te d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
and Burkina Faso.


See also

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Railway stations in Ivory Coast Railway stations in C么te d'Ivoire include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Atlas Map C么te d'Ivoire Towns served by rail Existing * Abidjan - national capital and port * Agboville * Dimbokro - proposed junction * Bouak茅 - provincial capital * Katiola (t ...
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Transport in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast invested remarkably in its transport system. Transport Infrastructures are much more developed than they are other West African countries despite a crisis that restrained their maintenance and development. Since its independence in 1 ...


References


External links


UNHCR Atlas Map C么te d'Ivoire

UN Map C么te d'Ivoire
Metre gauge railways in Ivory Coast {{IvoryCoast-rail-transport-stub