Transport in Togo
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[edit] Railways
total: 525 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 525 km 1.000-m gauge
[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
Burkina Faso - no - same 1000mm gauge
Benin - no - same 1000mm gauge
Ghana - no - break-of-gauge 1000mm/1067mm.
[edit] Maps
[edit] Towns served by rail
[edit] 2007
- Togo would be a participant in the AfricaRail project.
[edit] 2005
An Indian proposal has surfaced to link the railways in Benin and Togo with landlocked Niger and Burkino Faso.
Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them for many years.
[edit] Highways
total: 7,520 km
paved: 2,376 km
unpaved: 5,144 km (1996 est.)
The Trans-West African Coastal Highway crosses Togo, connecting it to Benin and Nigeria to the east, and Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to the west. When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to 7 other ECOWAS nations. A paved highway also connects Togo northwards to Burkina Faso and from there north-west to Mali and north-east to Niger.
[edit] Waterways
50 km Mono river
[edit] Ports and harbours
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,332 GRT/97,443 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
9 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)
