- Railway stations in Cameroon
List of Railway stations in Cameroon includes:
Maps
* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/cameroon.pdf UNJLC Map]
* [http://imagesignal.comsec.com.au/asxdata/20071129/pdf/00789550.pdf Map of Mbalam-Kribi Railway]Towns served by rail
Existing
* Limbe - terminal, cement works----
*Douala - port - cement works
*Edéa - river crossingSanaga River
*Mésondo
*Eséka *
Otélé - junction forMbalmayo
*Yaoundé - national capital - cement works
*Makak - located in Center Province*
Nkongsamba -railhead in northwest
*Kumba - branch terminus in west*
Nanga Eboko
*Belabo
*Ngaoundal
*Ngaoundéré -
* Mbanga - junction in west
*Ngoumen *
Otélé - junction forMbalmayo
**Mbalmayo - river port branchrailhead in eastProposed
* There are plans to extend from Mbalmayo to
Bangui in the Central African Republic.There are also plans for an
iron ore railway, which however might be isolated from existing railways. The distance from the mine to the nearest likely port is about 500kmas the crow flies . A connection to the nearestCamrail line atMbalmayo on theNyong River would be 350km long. Because of the heavy tonnages to be carried, this railway is likely to bestandard gauge . The railway is being designed withQuantm software.*
Kribi - possible port for iron ore, in addition to existing port for oil fromChad .
*Grand Batanga - possible port for iron ore.
*Lolabé - probable port
*Mbalam - iron ore minesClosed
* Separate from the
metre gauge mainlines werenarrow gauge plantation railways, especially in theTiko area. These served cocoa and sugar plantations. [ http://www.gouverneur-ebermaier.de/english/historie.htm ] [ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BwkxAAAAIAAJ&q=tiko+railway+gauge&dq=tiko+railway+gauge&lr=&pgis=1 ]See also
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Rail transport in Cameroon
*Cement in Africa References
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