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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.

Railway links with adjacent countries※

• Burkina Faso - yes - 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
• Ghana - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Mali - no - same gauge
• Guinea - no - same gauge
• Liberia - no - break of gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Timeline※

2010※

• In October 2010, the government announced plans to build a 737 km line which would link the port of San Pedro to mines in the "west of the country."

2015※

• The first two of six GT26 locomotives arrived from NRE in June 2015.

2016※

• Six locomotives were ordered from Grindrod.

2019※

• 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.
• 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.

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  Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway map
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  ABt and BDe 4/4 II in Switzerland

Gallery※

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  Buffer-and-screw coupler 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge gauge in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

See also※

• Railway stations in Ivory Coast
• Transport in Ivory Coast

References※

External links※

• UNHCR Atlas Map Côte d'Ivoire
• UN Map Côte d'Ivoire