Togo Railways

Togo's first railway, which ran 45 kilometers between Lome (Lomé) and Aného (Aného), opened in 1905, after two years of construction, but closed again ten years later due to political turmoil. The chosen gauge was metre gauge, which was usual for a German colonial railway at the period. At the beginning it was planned to use horses and carriages, but a rampant animal disease made the construction of the railway seem sensible.

Togo's state railway system stopped in 1999, along with all passenger services. Until the early twentieth century, a segment of line between Lomé and Blitta was used to supply a cement plant. A privately owned railway serving phosphate mines is still in operation.

In early 2014, the first segment of a line to Cinkassé on the border with Burkina Faso, a new 20km metre gauge railway opened between Lomé and Adétikopé. Later that year, a 3km branch from Lomé to Aflao, Ghana, was opened. Today Togo Railways only transport phosphate and cement, passenger traffic has come to a complete standstill and it has become one of the most famous historical sites in Togo.

Address: Lome, Togo