Transport in Togo

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 2005 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbours 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7 See also

[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

• UN Map

[edit] 2005

• 2005 in rail transport

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.)

[edit] Waterways

50 km Mono river

[edit] Ports and harbours

• Kpémé
• Lome - railhead

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 56,332 GRT/97,443 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.)

Lomé-Tokoin Airport

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Togo