Railway stations in Ghana

Maps

• Towns served by rail

Existing

East

• Accra - - port, capital city: Accra Central Station
• Baatsona
• Asoprochona - suburban terminus
• Koforidua
• Pokoasi - - junction
• * Shai Hills -
• Tema - - port in east - proposed suburban terminus 2008

• Nsawam -
• Koforidua
• Nkawkaw -
• Ejisu -
• Nsuta
• Juaso
• Konongo, Ghana
• Boankra - inland port
• Kumasi - junction

• Nsuta
• Bososo

• Anyinam

  West

• Sekondi - - older port and workshops
• Tarkwa - - junction
• Takoradi - - newer port
• Huni Valley - - junction on west line for cross country line to east line; concrete sleeper plant
• Dunkwa - - Junction for Awaso
• Obuasi -
• Bekwai -
• Kumasi - junction

• * Tarkwa - - junction
• * Prestea - branch terminus -

• * Dunkwa - - Junction for Awaso
• * Awaso - - branch terminus - Bauxite mine

Centre

• Huni Valley - - junction
• Twifu Praso
• Foso
• Achissi - - junction
• * Akim Oda - -
• * Kade - - branch terminus
• Akoroso
• Pokoasi
• Kotoku - - junction

  Eastern Border

• gauge
• Lomé -
• - border
• Aflao - Diamond Cement Ghana Limited factory at Aflao to the Lomé Port is expected to be completed in early 2014.

  Proposed

Far Northern Line (West)

• Takoradi - port - break of gauge /
• Manso
• Tarkwa - junction for northwest
• Huni Valley
• Dunkwa
• * Awaso
• Nyinahim
• Sunyani
• Techiman
• Bole
• Salwa
• Wa
• Hamile - northwest terminus -
• * Border -
• Burkina Faso

Far Northern Line (East)

• Tema Port
• Akosombo
• Ho
• Hohoe
• Yendi
• Tamale
• Paga
• - - Border.
• Dakola
• Po
• Bagre
• Ouagadougou - junction

• Nsuta

• Dansoman
• La, Ghana
• Teshie, Ghana

  ECOWAS Coastal Line

• Aflao - near border in east with Togo, and capital Lomé.
• Tema
• Accra - national capital
• Winneba
• Cape Coast
• Takoradi
• Omanpe - near border in west with Ivory Coast.

  Approved

• Kumasi - junction
• Bolgatanga
• Navrongo
• Paga - near Burkina Faso

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

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

Suburban

• Accra
• Sakumono
• Asoprochona
• Tema - large port to east of Accra
• Kasoa
• Winneba - wast of Accra on coast.
• Madina

• Achimota - junction
• Tema - major port
• Sugbaniate
• Shai Hills
• Akosombo - inland lake port

  Rehab 2008

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

• Bosusi
• Kibi - bauxite deposit

• Baatsonaa and Nungua bridge repairs complete

  Other

• Kumasi, Boankra inland port, Kumasi-Paga through Buipe, to connect the Volta lake, Achimota-Tema port, Tamale-Yendi to connect Shieni 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.
• Ghana Railway Development Authority has invited bids to convert the 950 km rail network from 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

2019

• Ghana - Burkino Faso
• Western line

  201?

• Accra
• Avenor, Ghana

• Nsawam
• Kumasi

• Ejisu
• Tamale
• Paga

• Yendi

  2010

• Ghana proposes part of the ECOWAS Coastal Railway linking Aflao-Tema-Accra, Winneba, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Omape.
• The Government of Ghana and the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation 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
• Ghana plans major rail rehabilitation

  Standards

• Couplings : AAR
• Brakes : Air