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Railway stations in Benin

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Railway stations in Benin

Railway stations in Benin include:

Contents

Maps

  • UNHCR Map
  • CIA Map

    • Operational

  • (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge)
  • Cotonou - (0 km) port
  • Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
  • Bohicon
  • Dassa-Zoume
  • Savé
  • Parakou - (438 km) railhead in north

    • Non operational

  • Pobé - branch railhead in east
  • Ouidah - on line to west
  • Segboroué - branch railhead in west.

    • Under construction

  • (2015)
  • Parakou (438 km) - railhead in north
  • Ndali
  • Kandi
  • Guéné
  • Lama-Kara
  • border (574 km)
  • Gaya
  • Dosso
  • Kollo
  • Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
  • Niamey (1000 km)

    • Proposed

  • Cadjehoun St Jean
  • Godomey
  • Cococodji
  • Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service
  • Sémé
  • Porto Novo
  • Cotonou - terminus of suburban passenger service
  • Lomé, Togo - port
  • Benin is a country that is bordered by Togo, Nigeria, and Niger

    • Closed

    There were two small 600mm gauge lines.

  • Abomdy - junction
  • Zagando - branch terminus

    • 2011

  • The railway line will cover Cotonou-Parakou-Dosso-Niamey-Tera-Dori-Ouagadougou-Abidjan and will go through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.

    • 2012

  • On 31 November 2011, a agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkino Faso, Niger and Benin.
  • northern extension

    • 2014

  • In April 2014, work is to start on a railway extension from the port of Cotonou in Benin.

    • 2015

  • In 2015, construction started on an extension of the line to Niger, including an upgrade of the existing line within Benin.
  • In 2015, rehabilitation of the East-West (Blue) line started.

    • References

    Railway stations in Benin Wikipedia
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