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Ghana Railway Company Limited (previously known as the Ghana Railway Corporation) is the company that operates the railways of Ghana. The Ghana Railway Company Limited is a public-sector body with responsibility for the efficient management of the national rail system so as to enhance the smooth movement of goods and passengers. [1]
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 total track length across all routes would have been 194 kilometres (121 mi). [1] The announced system was going to use the Aeromovel technology and will have capacity to carry 10,000 passengers per hour per direction on each route. [2] In 2018 the Government of Ghana signed a MOU with AiSky Train Consortium of South Africa.
For the purposes of this page, railway has been defined as a fixed route laid with rails along which wagons can be transported. Wagons may be powered by various means and may be used to transport people or goods. Temporary lines laid for a specific purposes are not considered unless specified.
Ghana proposes part of the ECOWAS Coastal Railway linking Aflao-Tema-Accra, Winneba, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Omape. [ 9 ] The Government of Ghana and the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) has signed a US $6.050 billion contract agreement for the construction of a railway infrastructure from Nsawam near Accra via ...
The Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line is a 96.7 km standard gauge railroad constructed from the Tema to Mpakadan to facilitate the movement of goods along the Eastern corridor of Ghana. [1] The line is part of the 1000 km Ghana-Burkina Faso Interconnectivity Project which will connect Ouagadougou to the Port in Tema. [2] [3]
Accra Central Station is the main railway station in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The station in 1914. The station was completed in 1910, to serve the new Accra to Mangoase line, with railway offices built nearby. Prior to its construction, the area was a marshy valley. The line was steadily extended, and reached Kumasi in 1923. As a single ...
JRE Limited Express trains. The term "limited express" is a common translation of the Japanese compound noun tokubetsu kyūkō (特別急行); lit. ' special express '; often abbreviated as tokkyū (特急), though some operators translate the word differently. There are two types of limited express trains: intercity, and commuter. The former ...