Rail transport in Togo
Rail transport in Togo consists of 568 km (2014) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) railway.[1]

Map showing railway lines in Togo
Operators
Trains are operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Togolais (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of Réseau des Chemins de Fer du Togo from 1997 to 1998.[2] Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines de Benin (CTMB) operated phosphate-trains.[2]
Lines
- Lomé–Aného railway
- Lomé–Blitta railway
- Lomé–Kpalimé railway
- Hahotoé–Kpémé railway (operated by CTMB)[2]
Railway links with adjacent countries
Burkina Faso - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge Benin - no - same 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge Ghana - no - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) / 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
Standards
- Coupling – Centre buffer and two side chains
- Brakes – Vacuum brake[3]
- Maximum speed – up to 35 km/h[2]
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.[4]
- A siding across the border from a cement plant in Aflao, Ghana, to the port of Lomé was completed in 2014.[5]
AfricaRail
Togo is a participant in the AfricaRail project, an Indian proposal has surfaced to link the railways in Benin and Togo with landlocked Niger and Burkina Faso.
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See also
References
- "Togo". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Harris, Ken, ed. (2005). Jane's World Railways 2005-2006 (47th ed.). Jane's Information Group. p. 464. ISBN 0 7106 2710 6.
- "Steam in Africa 2019 - Togo". Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- Goldsack, Paul, ed. (1981). Jane's World Railways 1981-82 (23rd ed.). Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. p. 514. ISBN 0 7106 0726 1.
- "Togo railway plan". railwaygazette.com. DVV Media International. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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