AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo.
UN   These are all  gauge.
A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also  gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of  but are converting to .
Timeline
2020
Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment  SG equipment
Ghana Eastern SG line approved  Ghana Eastern Line
2019
8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km)
Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line  Western SG line
2015
Various links.
West African rail loop of 2740 km.
Abidjan to  Ouagadougou line.
proposed new line linking  Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to  Niamey in Niger.
proposed new line linking  Niger and  Parakou in Benin.
rehabilitation of the existing line to  Cotonou in Benin.
new link to  Lomé in Togo.
See also
Dakar-Port Sudan Railway
West Africa Regional Rail Integration
External links
ECOWAS
ECOWAS  ECOWAS
UNECA Map
References
