There are 622 kilometres of  railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire.
As of June 2014, 'Sitarail' operates a passenger train three times a week along the route from Ouagadougou to Abidjan.European Rail Timetable, Summer 2014 Edition.
Journey time is 43 to 48 hours.
Burkina Faso is landlocked, but the railway to Abidjan provides rail access to a port.
Links to railways in Ghana and the port of Takoradi have been repeatedly proposed.
Stations
The following towns of Burkina Faso are served by the country's railways:
-  - border
Niangoloko
Banfora
Peni
Bobo-Dioulasso
Sala
Koudougou
Bingo
Ouagadougou (national capital)
Ziniaré (service suspended)
Kaya terminus
Construction resuming
(for 3MTpa manganese - 2014)?
Kaya (terminus)Times Atlas of the World 2007 p85
Dori (approx. 100 km of the extension from Kaya to Dori; visible on Google Earth dated 15/2/07)
Markoye
Tambao (manganese),RailwayAfrica July 2009, p9 near Niger/Mali bordersUNHCR Map shows extension to Tambao
Proposed
( gauge)
Navrongo
Bolgatanga
Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso)
Dakola
Pô
Bagré
Ouagadougou - national capital - junction - break of gauge
See also
Railway stations in Burkina Faso
Railway stations in Ghana
Proposed
2011
On 31 November 2011, an agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin.http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/01/railway-to-link-west-african-states/ See AfricaRail.
2014
Pan African Minerals to develop the Tambao manganese project at a cost of up to $1 billion.
The manganese mine is in the north of Burkina Faso, near the border with Niger and Mali, containing perhaps 100 million tonnes of the metal (used in steel production).
"The Tamboa project is an integrated project with a mining component and an infrastructure component, notably through the roads, railway and the port", said Romanian billionaire Frank Timis.
"The project will happen in the next three years and will require investment of nearly $1 billion".Burkina Faso gives green light for $1 bln manganese mine, Reuters 2018
Ghana and Ivory Coast sign a deal to develop a through rail link.
Ghana and Burkina Faso sign deal for link Link Maps
UN Map (no longer shows railway lines).
UNHCR Map
Gallery
File: Coupler 2B&S 1000mm IVC & BKF 07.png | Buffer-and-screw coupler  gauge in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.
See also
Rail transport in Ghana; Ghana Railway Corporation
Railway stations in Niger
Railway stations in Ivory Coast
Transport in Burkina Faso
West Africa Regional Rail Integration
References
External links
Burkina Faso
