Railway stations in Guinea

Railway stations in Guinea include:

Maps

• UNHCR Atlas Map (2004) shows topography.
• UN map shows provinces; towns; railways
• ReliefWeb Map - Topography and Rail
• ReliefWeb Map - Population density and Roads^{[permanent dead link]}
• Matakan-Simandou-Pontiolo Railway Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - also shows line parameters
• Sharemap^[usurped]

Guinea Railway Map

Cities served by rail

Santou - Dapilon (North Trans-Guinean Railway)

This 125km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines in the Santou II and Houda areas with a new port at Dapilon, both places in the north of Guinea. ^[1]

Chemin de Fer de Boké

This 136km long standard gauge railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar.

• Port Kamsar - port
• Boké
• Sangarédi - bauxite mine

Chemin de fer de Conakry – Fria

This 127km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction. It shares its first 16km with Chemin de Fer de Guinee.

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Dubréka
• Fria - bauxite mine

Chemin de Fer de Guinee

This 662km line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge. Conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge has been proposed.^[2]

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Mambia - bauxite mine
• Kindia - provincial capital.
• Kouyeya - waystation
• Kolèntèn
• Sougeta - waystation
• Konkouré - several km north of railway
• Mamou - provincial capital
• Kégnégo
• Diagouré - proposed junction
• Dabola - junction and break of gauge
• Bissikrima
• Cisséla
• Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
• Kankan terminus and provincial capital.

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• (possible extension)
• Zogota^[3][4]

Tougué Branch

This proposed line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in).

• Marela - possible junction to Chemin de Fer de Guinee line
• Diagouré - junction with Chemin de Fer de Guinee line
• Pontiola - bauxite
• Tougué - branch terminus - bauxite^[5]

Societe des Bauxites de Kindia (SBK)

This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.

• Conakry - capital and port. Rail Map (red dots) Rail Map (gray lines)
• Kindia bauxite mine.

TransGuinean Railway (under construction 2025)

Source:^[6]

The Transguinean Railway will be 622km long and of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and potentially bauxite mines in the north to a new port a Matakong.^[7][8]

• Matakong - proposed Deep water port
• Morebaya Port Terminal: rail unloading terminal
• Forécariah: passing station
• Kelemou: intermediate station
• Madina Woula: intermediate station
• Kassa: intermediate station
• Oure-Kaba: intermediate station
• Tagagna: passing station
• Laya: intermediate station
• Faranah: intermediate station
• Soroforia: intermediate station
• Douako: passing station
• Nialinko: intermediate station
• Diankoya: passing station
• Kerouane: technical operations station
• Feredou (Simandou Mine, WCS, Simandou blocks 1 and 2): rail loading terminal

There will be a branch to:

• Simfer Mine (Rio Tinto, Simandou blocks 3 and 4): rail loading terminal

Proposed Guinea - Liberia Railway

(This line would be heavy duty 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) This line is badly affected by the theft of rail spikes and plates which can cause derailments.

• Zogota iron ore ^[9]
• Simandou (north) - iron ore deposit near Diéké ^{[3][4][10][11]}
  • Nimba - iron ore
  • (Lamco Railway of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge) being rehabilitated by ArcelorMittal).
  • (Lamco Railway runs parallel to Guinea-Liberia Railway for a considerable distance)
  • Buchanan - closest port
• Didia.^[12] new port owned by BSG Resources.

Proposed Mali railway

• Kankan, Guinea.
• border.^[13]
• Bamako, Mali.

Timeline

2025

• Santou-Dapilon railway open.

2020

• Work starts on Dapilon (port) - Santou (mine) railway) 1435mm gauge

2014

• Conference ^[13]

2010

• Guinea and Liberia agree to build transborder railway for iron ore traffic.^[4] </ref>This railway would be shorter and cheaper than a railway entirely within Guinea territory. As part of the deal, the narrow gauge Trans-Guinean railway would be renovated. 1435mm gauge. Later rescinded.

See also

• Transport in Guinea