Burkina Faso railway news
News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Burkina Faso.
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NewsWest Africa rail action plan agreed
AFRICA: Transport ministers from Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo have agreed an action plan for the development of an international rail network. The proposed network connecting the cities of Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Cotonou and Lomé would have a total length of 3 034 ...
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NewsBolloré completes African logistics sale
AFRICA: French industrial conglomerate Bolloré has completed the sale of its Bolloré Africa Logistics business, including three railway concessions in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Bénin and Niger.
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NewsAfrican railway concessions to change hands
INTERNATIONAL: Subject to approval by competition authorities and some of the parties involved, Bolloré Group has agreed to sell its Bolloré Africa Logistics subsidiary to Italian-Swiss logistics and shipping group Mediterranean Shipping Co for €5∙7bn. This includes Bolloré’s three concessions to operate metre-gauge African railways. Sitarail ...
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NewsBolloré to sell African concessions
INTERNATIONAL: The three African rail services operated by the French industrial group Bolloré are to be sold to Mediterranean Shipping Co as part of a deal worth €5∙7bn.
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Country profileNigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso & Niger - country map
Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso & Niger: national rail network map
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NewsCôte d'Ivoire – Burkina Faso railway upgrade agreement
AFRICA: A bilateral agreement for the modernisation of the Abidjan – Ouagadougou – Kaya route and the construction of an extension to manganese deposits at Tambao near the borders of Niger and Mali was signed by the presidents of Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso at the Eight Summit Conference ...
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NewsAppenzeller Bahnen to Ouagadougou
AFRICA: Société de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe has acquired rolling stock formerly used by Appenzeller Bahnen in Switzerland. Following refurbishment in France, the three BDe 4/4 II electric railcars, three ABt driving cars and nine second class coaches are to be used on thrice-weekly services between Abidjan in Côte ...
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Organisations
Ministry of Transport, Urban Mobility & Road Safety, Burkina Faso
The minister is responsible for all forms of transport. AddressPO Box 162OuagadougouBurkina FasoPhone+226 25 25 25 25E-mailcontact@mtmusr.gov.bfWebsitewww.transports.gov.bf
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Organisations
Société de gestion du patrimoine ferroviaire du Burkina (SOPAFER-B)
Operation of the former Abidjan-Niger Railway as a single entity came to an end in 1989, but was resumed again in 1995 when the mixed company Sitarail became the concessionaire on behalf of the Burkina and Ivorienne governments. Following privatisation in 1998, Sopafer-B owns the Burkina railway infrastructure, which is ...
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NewsRevised Abidjan – Ouagadougou concession signed
AFRICA: Sitarail is to begin a programme to modernise 852 track-km of the Abidjan – Ouagadougou – Kaya railway in September, following the signing of a revised concession agreement with the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso on July 29. The agreement was signed during the two countries’ 5th ...
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NewsAbidjan – Ouagadougou enhancement launched
AFRICA: Work to rehabilitate the 1 260 km metre-gauge railway from Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire to Ouagadougou and Kaya in Burkina Faso was launched by Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan with a ceremony at the renovated Treichville station in Abidjan on September 9. Duncan said the aim of ...
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NewsStandard gauge to Niamey?
AFRICA: The long-held dream that the former Chemin de Fer Abidjan – Niger (RAN) might one day reach the second place in its name has resurfaced, amid suggestions that the metre-gauge line connecting Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso could be converted to standard gauge. The Economic Community ...