Rail transport in Ivory Coast

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Burkina Faso - yes -
• Ghana - no - break of gauge /
• Mali - no - same gauge
• Guinea - no - same gauge
• Liberia - 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 in Switzerland, were bought by Société de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe. They are to be used on services between Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
• A bilateral agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the modernisation and extension of the railway line connecting Abidjan, Ouagadougou, and Kaya was signed in July 2019.

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