There are 622 kilometres of railway in Burkina Faso, which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire and is part of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway. As of June 2024, 'Sitarail' does not operate a passenger train to Abidjan.
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) Tamale, Ghana Navrongo Bolgatanga Paga Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso) Dakola Pô Bagré Zabre Tenkodogo Manga Ouagadougou - national capital - junction with Sahel Railway
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. 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- UNHCR Map -
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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
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