Railways in Gabon Transport in Gabon

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1 railways in gabon

1.1 maps
1.2 cities served rail
1.3 2007
1.4 2006





railways in gabon




until 1970s, gabon had no railroads. 936 km railroad construction program, trans-gabon railway, began in october 1974. in first stage, completed in 1983, project linked port of owendo interior city of booué (332 km). second stage, completed in december 1986, linked booué franceville (357 km) via moanda, facilitating exports of manganese southeast , forestry exploitation in same region. proposed third stage continue line booué belinga in northeast, there iron ore deposits.


in 2003, railway began process of installing satellite based telecommunications system. of 2004, gabon state railways totalled 814 km of standard-gauge track.


total: 814 km (gabon state railways or octra)

standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)


maps

un map - shows line franceville
unhcr map - not show line franceville
travelportal map - shows major rivers
unjlc rail map of southern africa - not show line franceville

cities served rail


existing


libreville - capital
owendo - port
sahoué - port
franceville - railhead
ndjolé
lopé
booué - junction branchline makokou
lastoursville
moanda
ntoum - proposed junction iron ore traffic santa clara
kango
four-place
mounana - ?


proposed


makokou - iron ore
cape santa clara - proposed deep water port makokou iron ore.
bélinga - possible iron ore mine.

2007

new rail line belinga go 450 km way coast, rather branch off existing line.
pan-african issues

2006

china signs deal iron ore mine associated rail , port upgrades belinga santa clara [1]

[2]








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