Railway stations in Benin

Railway stations in Benin include:

Maps

• UNHCR Map
• CIA Map

Cities served by rail

Railways in Benin (interactive version)
existing 1000mm gauge, under construction 1000mm gauge, dismantled 600mm gauge

Operational

• (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge) ^[1]
• Cotonou - (0 km) port
• Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
• Bohicon
• Dassa-Zoume
• Savé
• Parakou - (438 km) railhead in north

Non operational

• Pobé - branch railhead in east
• Ouidah - on line to west
• Segboroué - branch railhead in west.

Under construction

• (2015) ^[2][3][4]
• Parakou (438 km) - railhead in north
• Ndali
• Kandi
• Guéné
• Lama-Kara
• border (574 km) ^[5]
• Gaya
• Dosso ^[6]
• Kollo
• Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
• Niamey (1000 km)

Proposed

• Cadjehoun St Jean
• Godomey
• Cococodji
• Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service ^[7]
• Sémé
• Porto Novo
• Cotonou - terminus of suburban passenger service

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• Lomé, Togo - port
• Benin is a country that is bordered by Togo, Nigeria, and Niger

Closed

There were two small 600mm gauge lines.^[8]

• Abomdy - junction
  • Zagando - branch terminus

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Timeline

2011

• The railway line will cover Cotonou-Parakou-Dosso-Niamey-Tera-Dori-Ouagadougou-Abidjan and will go through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.

2012

• On 31 November 2011, a agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkino Faso, Niger and Benin.^[9]
• northern extension ^[10]

2014

• In April 2014, work is to start on a railway extension from the port of Cotonou in Benin.^[11][12]

2015

• In 2015, construction started on an extension of the line to Niger, including an upgrade of the existing line within Benin.
• In 2015, rehabilitation of the East-West (Blue) line started.^[13]

See also

• Transport in Benin
• AfricaRail
• Railway stations in Niger

References

1. UN
2. Times Atlas of the World 2007 p86
3. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
4. http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/benin-niger-railway-project-launched.html?channel=538
5. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2015/03/31/benin-railway-extension/
6. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/10/extending-from-benin-to-niger/
7. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/benin-passenger-service-to-launch-this-year.html
8. http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/benin01.htm
9. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/01/railway-to-link-west-african-states/
10. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
11. http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11358153.htm
12. RailwaysAfrica magazine

External links

Media related to Train stations in Benin at Wikimedia Commons