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The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.

This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. (August 2022)

Maps

• UNHCR Atlas Map Ghana - shows Topography.
• UN Map Ghana - shows Provinces
• GhanaNet Map

Towns served by rail

Existing

The following towns or villages currently have or had rail service in Ghana; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge unless otherwise noted :

East

• Accra - (E) - port, capital city: Accra Central Station
• Baatsona
• Asoprochona - suburban terminus
• Koforidua (E)

  

• Pokoasi - (E/C) - junction
  • Shai Hills - (E)
• Tema - (E) - port in east - proposed suburban terminus 2008 [1]

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• Nsawam - (E)
• Koforidua (E)
• Nkawkaw - (E)
• Ejisu - (E)
• Nsuta
• Juaso (C)
• Konongo, Ghana (E)
• Boankra (E) - inland port
• Kumasi (E/W) - junction [2]

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• Nsuta (E)
• Bososo (E)

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• Anyinam

West

• Sekondi - (W) - older port and workshops
• Tarkwa - (W) - junction
• Takoradi - (W) - newer port
• Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction on west line for cross country line to east line; concrete sleeper plant
• Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
• Obuasi - (W) 85.5 km
• Bekwai - (W)
• Kumasi - (W/E) junction 0.0 km

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• • Tarkwa - (W) - junction
  • Prestea - branch terminus - (W)

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• • Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
  • Awaso - (W) - branch terminus - Bauxite mine

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Centre

• Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction
• Twifu Praso
• Foso (C)
• Achissi - (C) - junction
  • Akim Oda - (C) -
  • Kade - (C) - branch terminus (o/o/u)
• Akoroso (C)
• Pokoasi
• Kotoku - (E/C) - junction

Eastern Border

• 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge
• Lomé -
• - border
• Aflao - Diamond Cement Ghana Limited factory at Aflao to the Lomé Port is expected to be completed in early 2014.[3][4]

Proposed

This list includes regauged stations.

Far Northern Line (West)

(far western line) [5][6]

• Takoradi - port - break of gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
• Manso
• Tarkwa - junction for northwest
• Huni Valley
• Dunkwa
  • Awaso
• Nyinahim
• Sunyani (regional capital Brong-Ahafo)
• Techiman - junction
• Bole
• Salwa
• Wa (regional capital Upper West Region)
• Hamile - northwest terminus - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
  • Border -
• Burkina Faso
• Ouagadougou - junction

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Far Northern Line (East)

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [7] under construction 2020

• Tema - Port
• Akosombo
• Ho (regional capital Volta Region)
• Hohoe
• Bimbila
• Yendi
• Tamale (regional capital Northern Region)
• Bolgatanga (regional capital Upper East Region)
• Paga (0 km)
• - - Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso) [8]
• Dakola
• Po
• Bagre
• Ouagadougou - junction - national capital (166 km) (1000 km from Tema)

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• Nsuta

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• (Suburban)
• Dansoman
• La, Ghana
• Teshie, Ghana

ECOWAS Coastal Line

• (proposed 2010) [9]
• Aflao - near border in east with Togo, and capital Lomé.
• Togo-Ghana border
• Tema
• Accra - national capital
• Winneba
• Cape Coast (regional capital Central Region, Ghana)
• Takoradi (regional capital Western Region, Ghana)
• Omanpe
• Ghana-Côte d'Ivoire border

Approved

• Kumasi - (W/E) junction (2010)
• Bolgatanga
• Navrongo
• Paga - near Burkina Faso[10]

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• Takoradi
• Manso
• Huni Valley
• Tarkwa
• Dunkwa–Awaso
• Nyinahin
• Sunyani
• Techiman
• Bole
• Salwa
• Wa
• Hamile

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(far eastern line)

• Ejisu
• Mampong
• Nkoranza
• Tamale - junction
• Bolgatanga
• Paga - near Burkina Faso
• Tamale
• Yendi
• Shieni - iron ore
  • Buipe - just north of lake
  • Lake Volta

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Suburban

(Suburban line)

• Accra
• Sakumono
• Asoprochona
• Tema - large port to east of Accra [11]
• Kasoa
• Winneba - west of Accra on coast.
• Madina

Lake Volta branch to east:

• Achimota (E) - junction
• Tema (E) - major port [12]
• Sugbaniate (E)
• Shai Hills (E)
• Akosombo (E) - inland lake port

Rehab 2008

• Kumasi to Paga
• Yendi branch.
• Takoradi through Kumasi
• Awaso branch

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• Bosusi
• Kibi - bauxite deposit

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• Baatsonaa and Nungua bridge repairs complete [13]

Other

• Kumasi, Boankra inland port, Kumasi-Paga through Buipe, to connect the Volta lake, Achimota-Tema port, Tamale-Yendi to connect Shieni (227m) iron deposit, Bosusi-Kibi to connect the bauxite deposit at Kibi and branch lines linking the towns where other mineral deposits have been identified.
• Takoradi through Manso, Tarkwa, Huni Valley, Dunkwa Awaso, Nyinahin, Sunyani, Techiman, Bole, Sawla, Wa through to Hamile in the Upper West Region of Ghana.[14]
• Ghana Railway Development Authority has invited bids to convert the 950 km rail network from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge to standard gauge, permitting 25 tonne axleloads and increasing speeds from 56 to 160 km/h. In the longer term, feasibility studies will look at introducing a suburban rail service from Accra to Kasoa, Winneba and Madina, as well as extending the railway to the north and connecting with the proposed Ecowas rail line across West Africa.

Closed

• Kade

Timeline

2020

• 83.5 km [15]
• Kumasi-Paja design [16]
• Accra-Kumasi [17]

2019

• Ghana - Burkino Faso [18]
• Western line [19][20]

201?

• Accra
• Avenor, Ghana

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• Nsawam
• Kumasi

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• Ejisu
• Tamale
• Paga

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• Yendi[21]

2010

• Ghana proposes part of the ECOWAS Coastal Railway linking Aflao-Tema-Accra, Winneba, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Omape.[9]
• The Government of Ghana and the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) has signed a US $6.050 billion contract agreement for the construction of a railway infrastructure from Nsawam near Accra via Kumasi to Paga on the Burkina Faso border, and a branch from same at Tamale to Yendi.

2009

• Ghana Railway Development Authority invites bids to convert the 950 km network to standard gauge [22]
• Ghana plans major rail rehabilitation [23]

Standards

• Couplings : AAR
• Brakes : Air

See also

• Rail transport in Ghana
• Rail transport in Burkina Faso
• Transport in Ghana
• Ghana Railway Corporation
• Ghana
• List of countries by rail transport network size
• Railway stations in Togo
• ECOWAS rail

References

External links

• Ghana-Net
• Rehabilitation and expansion of Ghana Railways

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