Rail transport in Togo

Rail transport in Togo consists of of railway.

Operators

Trains are operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Togolais, which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of Réseau des Chemins de Fer du Togo from 1997 to 1998. Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines du Bénin operated phosphate trains.

Lines

Towns served by rail

Lomé - port and national capital
Blitta - terminus of the Lomé–Blitta railway

Railway links with adjacent countries

Burkina Faso - no - same gauge
Benin - no - same gauge
Ghana - no - break-of-gauge /.

Standards

Coupling – Centre buffer and two side chains
Brakes – Vacuum brake
Maximum speed – up to 35 km/h

History

Construction of the first railway line in Togo, the Lomé–Aného railway, began in 1904.
In 1980, the average distance travelled by one person was 50 kilometers.
A siding across the border from a cement plant in Aflao, Ghana, to the port of Lomé was completed in 2014.

Proposed international lines

In May 2023, a plan was agreed upon by the transport ministers of Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin, to further international railway connections. The plan, consisting of both upgrading and building new lines, would link Lomé to the planned network.