Railway stations in Benin

There has been continuous provision of rail transport in Benin since 1906. Railway stations in Benin include:

Railways in Benin
existing 1000mm gauge, under construction 1000mm gauge, dismantled 600mm gauge

Maps

UN Map Benin

Operational

Historical image of Cotonou railway station.

Historical image of Bohicon railway station.

Cotonou - (0 km) port
Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
Bohicon
Dassa-Zoume
Savé
Parakou - (438 km) railhead in north

Non operational

Ouidah railway station shortly after construction. The station is currently unused.

Pobé - branch railhead in east
Ouidah - on line to west
Segboroué - branch railhead in west.

Under construction

(2015)^[1]
Parakou (438 km) - railhead in north
Ndali
Kandi
Guéné
Lama-Kara
border (574 km) ^[2]
Gaya
Dosso^[3]
Kollo
Say - iron ore with 650Mt of reserves.
Niamey (1000 km)

Proposed

Cadjehoun St Jean
Godomey
Cococodji
Pahou - terminus of suburban passenger service ^[4]
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

^ 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

Media related to Train stations in Benin at Wikimedia Commons

Railway stations in Africa

¹ Partly in Asia. ² Dependencies. ³ Status undetermined.