Railway stations in Ghana

Railway network of Ghana

The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.

Maps

• UNHCR Atlas Map Ghana - shows Topography.
• UN Map Ghana - shows Provinces
• GhanaNet Map Archived 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

Towns served by rail

Existing

The following towns or villages currently have or had rail service in Ghana; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge unless otherwise noted :

Accra station platforms and canopy.

Takoradi Railway Station.

East

• Accra - (E) - port, capital city: Accra Central Station
• Baatsona
• Asoprochona - suburban terminus
• Koforidua (E)

  

  Accra sign post

• Pokoasi - (E/C) - junction
  • Shai Hills - (E)
• Tema - (E) - port in east - proposed suburban terminus 2008 ^[1]

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• Nsawam - (E)
• Koforidua (E)
• Nkawkaw - (E)
• Ejisu - (E)
• Nsuta
• Juaso (C)
• Konongo, Ghana (E)
• Boankra (E) - inland port
• Kumasi (E/W) - junction ^[2]

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• Nsuta (E)
• Bososo (E)

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• Anyinam

West

Railway in the western part of Ghana is formalised by the Western Railway Line and has stations passing through the following towns.

• Sekondi - (W) - older port and workshops
• Tarkwa - (W) - junction
• Takoradi - (W) - newer port
• Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction on west line for cross country line to east line; concrete sleeper plant
• Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
• Obuasi - (W) 85.5 km
• Bekwai - (W)
• Kumasi - (W/E) junction 0.0 km

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• • Tarkwa - (W) - junction
  • Prestea - branch terminus - (W)

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• • Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
  • Awaso - (W) - branch terminus - Bauxite mine

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Centre

• Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction
• Twifu Praso
• Foso (C)
• Achissi - (C) - junction
  • Akim Oda - (C) -
  • Kade - (C) - branch terminus (o/o/u)
• Akoroso (C)
• Pokoasi
• Kotoku - (E/C) - junction

Eastern Border

• 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge
• Lomé - Togo
• - border
• Aflao - Diamond Cement Ghana Limited factory at Aflao to the Lomé Port is expected to be completed in early 2014.^[3][4]

Proposed

This list includes regauged stations.

Far Northern Line (West)

(far western line) ^[5][6]

• Takoradi - port - break of gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
• Manso
• Tarkwa - junction for northwest
• Huni Valley
• Dunkwa
  • Awaso
• Nyinahim
• Sunyani (regional capital Brong-Ahafo)
• Techiman - junction
• Bole
• Salwa
• Wa (regional capital Upper West Region)
• Hamile - northwest terminus - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
  • Border -
• Burkina Faso
• Ouagadougou - junction

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Far Northern Line (East)

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) ^[7] under construction 2020

• Tema - Port
• Mpakadan
• Kpeve
• Hohoe
• Jasikan
• Bimbila
• Yendi
• Tamale (regional capital Northern Region)
• Walewale
• Bolgatanga (regional capital Upper East Region)
• Navrongo
• Paga

• Akosombo
• Ho (regional capital Volta Region)
• Hohoe

• Paga (0 km)
• - - Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso) ^[8]
• Po
• Dakola
• Zabre
• Tenkodogo
• Manga
• Bagre
• Ouagadougou - junction - national capital (166 km) (1000 km from Tema)

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• Nsuta

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• (Suburban)
• Dansoman
• La, Ghana
• Teshie, Ghana

ECOWAS Coastal Line

• (proposed 2010) ^[9]
• Aflao - near border in east with Togo, and capital Lomé.
• Togo-Ghana border
• Tema
• Accra - national capital
• Winneba
• Cape Coast (regional capital Central Region, Ghana)
• Takoradi (regional capital Western Region, Ghana)
• Omanpe
• Ghana-Côte d'Ivoire border

Approved

• Kumasi - (W/E) junction (2010)
• Bolgatanga
• Navrongo
• Paga - near Burkina Faso^[10]

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• Takoradi
• Manso
• Huni Valley
• Tarkwa
• Dunkwa–Awaso
• Nyinahin
• Sunyani
• Techiman
• Bole
• Salwa
• Wa
• Hamile

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(far eastern line)

• Ejisu
• Mampong
• Nkoranza
• Tamale - junction
• Bolgatanga
• Paga - near Burkina Faso
• Tamale
• Yendi
• Shieni - iron ore
  • Buipe - just north of lake
  • Lake Volta

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Suburban

(Suburban line)

• Accra
• Sakumono
• Asoprochona
• Tema - large port to east of Accra ^[11]
• Kasoa
• Winneba - west of Accra on coast.
• Madina

Lake Volta branch to east:

• Achimota (E) - junction
• Tema (E) - major port ^[12]
• Sugbaniate (E)
• Shai Hills (E)
• Akosombo (E) - inland lake port

Rehab 2008

• Kumasi to Paga
• Yendi branch.
• Takoradi through Kumasi
• Awaso branch

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• Bosusi
• Kibi - bauxite deposit

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• Baatsonaa and Nungua bridge repairs complete ^[13]

Other

• Kumasi, Boankra inland port, Kumasi-Paga through Buipe, to connect the Volta lake, Achimota-Tema port, Tamale-Yendi to connect Shieni (227m) iron deposit, Bosusi-Kibi to connect the bauxite deposit at Kibi and branch lines linking the towns where other mineral deposits have been identified.
• Takoradi through Manso, Tarkwa, Huni Valley, Dunkwa Awaso, Nyinahin, Sunyani, Techiman, Bole, Sawla, Wa through to Hamile in the Upper West Region of Ghana.^[14]
• Ghana Railway Development Authority has invited bids to convert the 950 km rail network from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge to standard gauge, permitting 25 tonne axleloads and increasing speeds from 56 to 160 km/h. In the longer term, feasibility studies will look at introducing a suburban rail service from Accra to Kasoa, Winneba and Madina, as well as extending the railway to the north and connecting with the proposed Ecowas rail line across West Africa.

Closed

• Kade

Timeline

2020

• 83.5 km ^[15]
• Kumasi-Paja design ^[16]
• Accra-Kumasi ^[17]

2019

• Ghana - Burkino Faso ^[18]
• Western line ^[19][20]

201?

• Accra
• Avenor, Ghana

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• Nsawam
• Kumasi

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• Ejisu
• Tamale
• Paga

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• Yendi^[21]

2010

• Ghana proposes part of the ECOWAS Coastal Railway linking Aflao-Tema-Accra, Winneba, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Omape.^[9]
• The Government of Ghana and the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) has signed a US $6.050 billion contract agreement for the construction of a railway infrastructure from Nsawam near Accra via Kumasi to Paga on the Burkina Faso border, and a branch from same at Tamale to Yendi.

2009

• Ghana Railway Development Authority invites bids to convert the 950 km network to standard gauge ^[22]
• Ghana plans major rail rehabilitation ^[23]

Standards

• Couplings : AAR
• Brakes : Air

See also

• Rail transport in Ghana
• Rail transport in Burkina Faso
• Transport in Ghana
• Ghana Railway Corporation
• Ghana
• List of countries by rail transport network size
• Railway stations in Togo
• ECOWAS rail

References

1. A Tema Port (E) proposed Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. ghanacedi.gov.gh.
2. Eastern Line
3. "Railpage".
4. "Cement siding opened". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
5. Railway Gazette International June 2008 p354 (Map)
6. Canada supports Ghana-Burkina Faso railway project. modernghana.com.
7. "Contractors asked to submit bids for Ghana-Burkina Faso rail".
8. Ghana plans
9. Ghana proposed ECOWAS coastal line. railwaysafrica.com. December 2010.
10. Ghana to Receive Loan from China Exim Bank Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. railway-technology.com. 28 September 2010.
11. 가나 아크라~테마 노선 강화 사업 구상^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12. Ghana Invests in Railway Upgrade Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. railway-technology.com. 21 October 2010.
13. The Baatsonaa & Nungua bridge completed. modernghana.com.
14. The transformation of Ghana's rail. thestatesmanonline.com. 15 August 2007.
15. Kumasi-Obuasi^{[permanent dead link‍]}
16. Kumasi-Obuasi
17. Accra-Kumasi
18. BF-GH
19. Manso - Dunkwa
20. Western SG line
21. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/02/28/new-lines-in-ghana/
22. Railway Gazette International October 2009 p11
23. Ghana Plans Major Rail Construction Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. railway-technology.com. 26 August 2009.

External links

• Ghana-Net
• Rehabilitation and expansion of Ghana Railways