Transport in Guinea

= Railways =

"total:"mm1,086 km
"standard gauge:"279 km 1.435-m gauge
"narrow gauge:"807 km 1.000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

The lines do not all connect.

Railway links with adjacent countries

* Guinea-Bissau - no railways
* Senegal - no - 1000mm gauge
* Mali - no - 1000mm gauge
* Ivory Coast - no - 1000mm gauge
* Liberia - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1435mm & 1067mm
* Sierra Leone - no Break of gauge 1000mm/1435mm - 1067mm

Maps

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/guinea.pdf UN map]
* [http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3dee2c750.pdf UNHCR Atlas map]
* [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Af.nsf/luFullMap/B82E11FF77EC3D30852572DB0052BFA4/$File/wfp_REF_gin070118.pdf?OpenElement ReliefWeb Map - Topography and Rail]
* [http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/map.nsf/wByCLatest/D0E03CC9A10D655785256D51004DDBC3?Opendocument ReliefWeb Map - Population density and Roads]

Cities served by rail

Northern line

This line is 1435mm gauge and carries about 12MT per annum.

* Port Kamsar - port
* Boké
* Sangarédi - bauxite mine

Central line

This line is 1000mm gauge and head off in a northwestern direction.

* Conakry - capital and port.
* Dubréka
* Fria - bauxite mine

Southern line

This line is 1000mm gauge. Conversion to 1435mm gauge has been proposed. [ Janes World Railways 2002-2003 p182 ]

* Conakry - capital and port.
* Kindia - provincial capital.
* Kolèntèn
* Konkouré - several km north of railway
* Mamou - provincial capital
* Kégnégo
* Dabola - junction and break of gauge
* Bissikrima
* Cisséla -
* Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
* Kankan - terminus and provincial capital.

This line is 1435mm.
* Dabola - junction and break of gauge
* Tougué - bauxite [ Janes World Railways 2002-2003 p102 ]

South Western line

This line is 1435mm and parallels the Southern line.

* Conakry - capital and port. [http://www.fallingrain.com/icao/GUCY.html Rail Map (red dots)] [http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Conakry.shtml Rail Map (gray lines)]

* Kindia - bauxite mine.

Proposed Trans-Guinean Railways

The heavy duty Transguinean Railways is about 750km long and would be standard gauge (1435mm). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and bauxite mines in the north to a new port a Matakong. [ [http://www.teamgroup.it/field/transport/transport2/transguinean.htm Transguinean ] ]

* Matakong - Deepwater port
* Forécariah
* Madina Woula - way station
* Bambafouga - junction
* Marela - way station
* Faranah
* Tiro
* Kissidougou - way station
* Macenta
* Koule
* Nzerekore
* Lola
* Simandou iron ore deposit near Diéké
* Nimba - iron ore

* Pontiola - bauxite

* Tougué - branch terminus - bauxite

Timeline

2008

* July 2008 - wobbles over Simandou leases [ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23855122-5001641,00.html ]
* four ex-Croatian locomotives refurbished and regauged in Russia [ Railway Gazette International February 2008 p73 ]

1994

* Progress [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1994/9214094.pdf ]

Statistics

* [http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=gv&v=113 Length]

Highways

"total:"30,500 km
"paved:"5,033 km
"unpaved:"25,467 km (1996 est.)

The Trans-West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea, connecting it to Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), and when construction in Sierra Leone and Liberia is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of ECOWAS.

Waterways

1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

Ports and harbors

* Boké, Conakry, Kamsar

Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

Airports

15 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

"total:"5
"over 3,047 m:"1
"2,438 to 3,047 m:"1
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"3 (1999 est.)

The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.

Airports - with unpaved runways

"total:"10
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"5
"914 to 1,523 m:"4
"under 914 m:"1 (1999 est.)

See also

* Guinea
* Guinea#Transportation

References