Railway stations in Cameroon

Douala railway station

The list of railway stations in Cameroon includes:

Stations served by passenger trains

Order Station name Route(s) Diesel Depot Remarks
10 Belabo Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé Depot
000km Bessengué Douala – Kumba
Douala – Yaoundé
Depot
069km Edéa Douala – Yaoundé 069km [1]
-9 Ediki Kumba – Mbanga
75 Eséka Douala – Yaoundé Limited
Depot
Start steep incline Overweight passenger tax
120 Kumba Douala – Kumba
Kumba – Mbanga
180 Makak Douala – Yaoundé End steep incline
700 Mbandjock Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
600 Minim Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
000 Mbanga Douala – Kumba
Kumba – Mbanga
000 Nanga Eboko Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
000 Ngaoundal Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
750 Ngaoundéré Central Station Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé Depot
400 Obala Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
283km Yaoundé Douala – Yaoundé
Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé
Depot [2]

Towns served by rail

Existing

(600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge plantation railway)

  • Limbe - port, terminal, cement works[3]

(1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge)


  • Nkongsamba (W) – railhead in northwest - rehabilitate
  • Mbanga (W) – junction in west
    • Kumba (W) – branch terminus in west[4]
  • Bonabéri (W) – port in west

  • The railway line was extended from Yaoundé to Ngaoundéré, a distance of 622 km, and was inaugurated in 1974 2.

Rehabilitate


Under construction

  • There are plans for an iron ore railway belonging to Sundance Resources, isolated from existing railways, going from mine(s) around Mbalam to a port at Kribi . This line will be 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) gauge.[6][7] This line would also extend a short distance into the Republic of Congo. In September, 2011, a deal was struck with Legend Resources, also of Australia, to share railway and port infrastructure for another iron ore mine. This line will be 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) gauge, but later on it links with the existing1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) Camrail system. Contracts for construction were signed in June 2014. Since the tonnage to be carried on this line is about 35MTpa, it needs powerful locomotives, which implies 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in). The line is said to be mostly double track. [8]

The line will be built by the Portuguese company Mota-Engil


  • Kribi - ocean port
  • 130 km link for alumina traffic in 1000mm gauge or dual gauge (1435mm + 1000mm)
  • Edéa – junction to Kribi.

  • (junction) (0 km)
  • Cameroon Republic of the Congo (border)
  • Republic of the Congo Nabeba, Congo – iron ore mine (70 km)
  • Republic of the Congo Avima, Congo

Proposed or upgrade

  • In 2002, there were plans to extend a railway line from Kribi via Mbalmayo to Bangui in the Central African Republic.[9]
  • In September 2009, a Korean proposal surfaced to upgrade and duplicate the national railway system.[10]
  • In November 2013, Cameroon and China signed an agreement to build a high-speed standard gauge railway from Douala (port) to Yaoundé[11]




Break of gauge train

A passenger service across the standard gauge/metre gauge break of gauge near Kribi can be provided using the Swiss technology of the GoldenPass Express. This connects the mine at Mbalam with Douala port and Yaoundé the national capital. See Stadler Rail.

Timeline

2023

2020

2015

  • Cameroon-Chad railway[5]

2018

  • Cameroon started clearing the ground for a 130-km road and rail link from Edéa to the new ocean port at Kribi.[16]

2014

Maps

  • UN Map
  • UNHCR Atlas Map
Bessengue railway station
Buildings at Bessengue Railway Station
Clock at Bessengue Railway Station

There are diesel depots at Douala-Bassa, Yaoundé, Bélabo and Ngaoundéré. The two-road[clarification needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Douala to Edea
  2. ^ [1] Douala Yaounde ]
  3. ^ http://www.gouverneur-ebermaier.de/english/narrow_gauge_railways.htm [dead link]
  4. ^ "CAMEROON RLY LOSES PASSENGERS". Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Bolloré Railways concessions". 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Map c2007". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  7. ^ http://www.sundanceresources.com.au/irm/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/2799-69696071/PresentationInvestorBriefings
  8. ^ Double track
  9. ^ Janes World Railways, 2002-2003, p76
  10. ^ "Cameroon Enlists Korean Consortium to Develop National Rail Plan". 15 September 2009.
  11. ^ "Railpage".
  12. ^ a b "allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Wood Industry - Request for Railway in Yokadouma and Maroua". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26.
  13. ^ "RAIL PLAN TO LINK CHAD & CAMEROON | Railways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  14. ^ "Tender launched for Cameroon railway lines".
  15. ^ Alumina traffic
  16. ^ 130km link
  17. ^ Birsok
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Railway stations in Africa
1 Partly in Asia. 2 Dependencies. 3 Status undetermined.