Railway stations in Cameroon

The list of railway stations in Cameroon includes:

Stations served by passenger trains

Towns served by rail

Existing

( gauge plantation railway)

• Limbe - port, terminal, cement works

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( gauge)

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

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• Douala – river port - cement works - 62 km
• Edéa – river crossing Sanaga River; future junction to ocean port Kribi (114 km)
• Mésondo
• Eséka
• Makak located in Center Province
• Otélé junction for Mbalmayo
• Yaoundé national capital – cement works
• The railway line was extended from Yaoundé to Ngaoundéré, a distance of 622 km, and was inaugurated in 1974 2.

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Rehabilitate

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• Nanga Eboko
• Bélabo – ballast quarry and concrete sleeper plant
• Ngaoundal
• Ngaoundéré – bauxite – railhead
• Ngoumen
• Otélé – junction for Mbalmayo
• Mbalmayo – river port branch railhead in east

Under construction

• There are plans for an iron ore railway belonging to Sundance Resources, isolated from existing railways, going from around Mbalam to a port at Kribi . This line will be gauge. 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 gauge, but later on it links with the existing 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 . The line is said to be mostly double track.

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

• Kribi – port (0 km)
• (junction) (cross border extension to other mines) at Nabeba in Congo Brazzaville.
• Mbalam – mine (510 km)

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

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

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Proposed or upgrade

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

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• (eastwards)
• Mbalam
• Yokadouma for timber traffic

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• (northwards)
• Ngaoundéré
• Maroua for timber traffic

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• Ngaoundéré, Cameroon – northern railhead 0 km
• border
• N'Djamena – capital of Chad 1400 km

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• These rail routes are
• Edéa – proposed junction and possible break of gauge
• Kribi – deep water ocean port and possible break of gauge
• Douala – shallow river port
• Limbe
• Douala
• Ngaoundéré

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

• Mbalam to Kribi railway started.

2020

• Alumina mine at Minim, Martap and Birsok to Kribi port.

2015

• Cameroon-Chad railway

2018

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

2014

• Birsok leases adjacent to Minim, Martap leases.

Maps

• UN Map
• UNHCR Atlas Map

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

See also

• Rail transport in Cameroon
• Railway stations in Chad
• Cement in Africa

References