Accra Central Station is the main railway station in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
Accra Central Station | |
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![]() The station in 2019 | |
General information | |
Location | Ghana |
Coordinates | 5.5487°N 0.2109°W / 5.5487; -0.2109 |
Operated by | Ghana Railway Corporation |
History | |
Opened | 1910 |
The station was completed in 1910, to serve the new Accra to Mangoase line, with railway offices built nearby. Prior to its construction, the area was a marshy valley. The line was steadily extended, and reached Kumasi in 1923. As a single track leads north from the station, capacity was a problem, but the station was not reconstructed, and from the 1950s, traffic began to decline.[1]
By 2011, the station had no service; it was instead used by market traders, while some people used abandoned trains as housing.[2] In January 2019, a new once-daily service to Tema was introduced.[3]