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In 1976, SMCD 95 separated the railway from ports as the Ghana Railway Corporation. [3] [8] [9] The company enjoyed the status of a public corporation until 19 March 2001, when it became a limited liability company. [1] The original 304-kilometre (189 mi) Eastern Railway was built in 1923 by the British for the purpose of hauling minerals and ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (abbreviated as IRIR, or sometimes as RAI, or as IRI Railway) (Persian: راهآهن جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Râh âhan-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân) is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. The Raja Passenger Train Company is an associate of the IR, [1] and manages ...
The railway system in Ghana has historically been confined to the plains south of the barrier range of mountains north of the city of Kumasi.However, the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway, totalling 1,300 kilometres, [1] is undergoing major rehabilitation and inroads to the interior are now being made.
The railway system in Ghana has historically been confined to the plains south of the barrier range on mountains north of the city of Kumasi.However, the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway, totalling 935 kilometres (581 mi), is presently undergoing major rehabilitation and inroads to the interior are now being made.
Iran has a state-owned railway system built to standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) which falls under the remit of the Ministry of Roads & Urban Development.The primary rail carrier is the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (abbreviated as IRIR, or sometimes as RAI, or as IRI Railway) which is the national state-owned railway system of Iran
The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDL) is the institution mandated by the 1992 constitution of Ghana to act as the regulatory authority for all activities related to railways in Ghana. [ 1 ] It is a statutory body established by the Railways Act, 2008 (Act 779) to ensure the development and modernization of the railway systems, both ...
Bilateral relations date back to the co–founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) by the 1st President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah in 1961 and The President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama described Ghana–Iran relations as historic, and expressed the accomplishments on lifting of ties to a higher level. [3]
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track -only companies and train-only ...