Transport in Togo

Transport in Togo

Railways

"total:"525 km (1995)
"narrow gauge:"525 km 1.000-m gauge

Standards

* Coupling - Centre buffer and two side chains
* Brakes -

Railway links with adjacent countries

* Burkina Faso - no - same 1000mm gauge
* Benin - no - same 1000mm gauge
* Ghana - no - break-of-gauge 1000mm/1067mm.

Maps

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/ghana.pdf UN Map]

Towns served by rail

* Lome - port and national capital
* Blitta - terminus

2007

* Togo would be a participant in the AfricaRail project.

2005

* 2005 in rail transport

An Indian proposal has surfaced to link the railways in Benin and Togo with landlocked Niger and Burkino Faso.

Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them for many years.

History

* Early [ http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.fahrplancenter.com/Togo.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAfricaRail%26start%3D50%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DN ]

Highways

"total:"7,520 km
"paved:"2,376 km
"unpaved:"5,144 km (1996 est.)

The Trans-West African Coastal Highway crosses Togo, connecting it to Benin and Nigeria to the east, and Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to the west. When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to 7 other ECOWAS nations. A paved highway also connects Togo northwards to Burkina Faso and from there north-west to Mali and north-east to Niger.

Waterways

50 km Mono river

Ports and harbours

* Kpémé
* Lome - railhead

Merchant marine

"total:"2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,332 GRT/DWT|97,443|metric|first=yes
"ships by type:"bulk 1, cargo 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

9 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

"total:"2
"2,438 to 3,047 m:"2 (1999 est.)

Lomé-Tokoin Airport

Airports - with unpaved runways

"total:"7
"914 to 1,523 m:"5
"under 914 m:"2 (1999 est.)

See also

* Togo

References


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