Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) has 660 kilometres of railway (1995 estimate). The
track gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in).
The railway was built during the French colonial period, and links the port city of
Abidjan with
Ouagadougou, the capital of
Burkina Faso.
Ivory Coast also has a metro system under construction, known as the
Abidjan Metro. It will be 37 km long and connect Abidjan with
Port-Bouët and
Anyama.[1]
Three BDe 4/4 II electric railcars, three ABt driving cars and nine second class coaches, formerly in service for
Appenzeller Bahnen in Switzerland, were bought by Société de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe. They are to be used on services between
Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and
Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.[5]
A bilateral agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the modernisation and extension of the railway line connecting Abidjan, Ouagadougou, and Kaya was signed in July 2019.[6]
^"Locomotives for Sitarail". railwaysafrica.com. Railways Africa. May 6, 2016.
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