Railway stations in Guinea
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Railway stations in Guinea include:
Maps
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- shows provinces; towns; railways
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- 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - also shows line parameters
Cities served by rail
Santou - Dapilon (North Trans-Guinean Railway)
This 125km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines in the Santou II and Houda areas with a new port at Dapilon, both places in the north of Guinea.
Chemin de Fer de Boké
This 136km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar.
- Port Kamsar - port
- Boké
- Sangarédi - bauxite mine
Chemin de fer de Conakry – Fria
This 127km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction. It shares its first 16km with Chemin de Fer de Guinee.
Chemin de Fer de Guinee
This 662km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge. Conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge has been proposed.
- Conakry - capital and port.
- Mambia - bauxite mine
- Kindia - provincial capital.
- Kouyeya - waystation
- Kolèntèn
- Sougeta - waystation
- Konkouré - several km north of railway
- Mamou - provincial capital
- Kégnégo
- Diagouré - proposed junction
- Dabola - junction and break of gauge
- Bissikrima
- Cisséla
- Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
- Kankan terminus and provincial capital.
- (possible extension)
- Zogota
Tougué Branch
This proposed line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in).
- Marela - possible junction to Chemin de Fer de Guinee line
- Diagouré - junction with Chemin de Fer de Guinee line
- Pontiola - bauxite
- Tougué - branch terminus - bauxite
Societe des Bauxites de Kindia (SBK)
This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.
TransGuinean Railway (under construction 2025)
Source:
The Transguinean Railway will be 622km long and of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and potentially bauxite mines in the north to a new port a Matakong.
- Matakong - proposed Deep water port
- Morebaya Port Terminal: rail unloading terminal
- Forécariah: passing station
- Kelemou: intermediate station
- Madina Woula: intermediate station
- Kassa: intermediate station
- Oure-Kaba: intermediate station
- Tagagna: passing station
- Laya: intermediate station
- Faranah: intermediate station
- Soroforia: intermediate station
- Douako: passing station
- Nialinko: intermediate station
- Diankoya: passing station
- Kerouane: technical operations station
- Feredou (Simandou Mine, WCS, Simandou blocks 1 and 2): rail loading terminal
There will be a branch to:
- Simfer Mine (Rio Tinto, Simandou blocks 3 and 4): rail loading terminal
Proposed Guinea - Liberia Railway
(This line would be heavy duty 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) This line is badly affected by the theft of rail spikes and plates which can cause derailments.
- Zogota iron ore
- Guinea Simandou (north) - iron ore deposit near Diéké Liberia Nimba - iron ore (Lamco Railway of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) being rehabilitated by ArcelorMittal). (Lamco Railway runs parallel to Guinea-Liberia Railway for a considerable distance) Liberia Buchanan - closest port
- Liberia Didia. new port owned by BSG Resources.
Proposed Mali railway
Timeline
2025
- Santou-Dapilon railway open.
2020
- Work starts on Dapilon (port) - Santou (mine) railway) 1435mm gauge
2014
- Conference
2010
- Guinea and Liberia agree to build transborder railway for iron ore traffic. This railway would be shorter and cheaper than a railway entirely within Guinea territory. As part of the deal, the narrow gauge Trans-Guinean railway would be renovated. 1435mm gauge. Later rescinded.