Railway stations in Benin
There has been continuous provision of rail transport in Benin since 1906. Railway stations in Benin include:
Maps
- UN Map Benin
Operational
- Cotonou - (0 km) port
- Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
- Bohicon
- Dassa-Zoume
- Savé
- Parakou - (438 km) railhead in north
Non operational
- Pobé - branch railhead in east
- Ouidah - on line to west
- Segboroué - branch railhead in west.
Under construction
- (2015) [1][2][3]
- Parakou (438 km) - railhead in north
- Ndali
- Kandi
- Guéné
- Lama-Kara
- border (574 km) [4]
- Gaya
- Dosso[5]
- Kollo
- Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
- Niamey (1000 km)
Proposed
- Cadjehoun St Jean
- Godomey
- Cococodji
- Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service [6]
- Sémé
- Porto Novo
- Cotonou - terminus of suburban passenger service
Closed
- Abomey - junction on former 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Zagnanado narrow gauge line
- Zagnanado - branch terminus on former Zagnanado narrow gauge line
- Hévé - branch terminus on former Mono narrow gauge line (station intact, but line lifted)
- Comè - intermediate stop on former Mono narrow gauge line
- Adjaha - intermediate stop on former Mono narrow gauge line
See also
References
- ^ Times Atlas of the World 2007 p86
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/china-benin-rly-extension/
- ^ Oirere, Shem. "Benin-Niger railway project launched". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "BENIN RAILWAY EXTENSION - Railways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06.
- ^ Africa, Railways. "EXTENDING FROM BENIN TO NIGER". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ Ltd, DVV Media International. "Benin passenger service to launch this year". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
External links
- UNHCR Map of Benin
- CIA Map of Benin
Media related to Train stations in Benin at Wikimedia Commons
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Railway stations in Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Rep. Congo
- DR Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt1
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte2
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Réunion2
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena2
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara3
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
1 Partly in Asia. 2 Dependencies. 3 Status undetermined.