The list of railway stations in Cameroon includes:
Stations served by passenger trains OrderStation nameRoute(s)Diesel DepotRemarks10BelaboNgaoundéré – Yaoundé Depot000 kmBessenguéDouala – KumbaDouala – YaoundéDepot069 kmEdéaDouala – Yaoundé 069 km -9EdikiKumba – Mbanga75EsékaDouala – YaoundéLimitedDepotStart steep inclineOverweight passenger tax120Kumba Douala – KumbaKumba – Mbanga180Makak Douala – Yaoundé End steep incline700Mbandjock Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé 600 Minim Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé 000Mbanga Douala – KumbaKumba – Mbanga000Nanga Eboko Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé000Ngaoundal Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé750Ngaoundéré Central Station Ngaoundéré – YaoundéDepot400Obala Ngaoundéré – Yaoundé283 kmYaoundé Douala – YaoundéNgaoundéré – Yaoundé Depot The distance from Edea, Cameroon to Yaounde, Cameroon
Towns served by rail
Existing
( gauge plantation railway) Limbe - port, terminal, cement worksUnknown
( gauge)
Nkongsamba (W) – railhead in northwest - rehabilitate Mbanga (W) – junction in west Kumba (W) – branch terminus in west Bonabéri (W) – port in west
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.
Rehabilitate
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)
Kribi - ocean port 130 km link for alumina traffic in 1000mm gauge or dual gauge (1435mm + 1000mm) Edéa – junction to Kribi.
(junction) (0 km) (border) Nabeba, Congo – iron ore mine (70 km) Avima, Congo
Proposed or upgrade In 2002, there were plans to extend a railway line from Kribi via Mbalmayo to Bangui in the Central African Republic.Janes World Railways, 2002-2003, p76 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
(eastwards) Mbalam Yokadouma for timber traffic
(northwards) Ngaoundéré Maroua for timber traffic
Ngaoundéré, Cameroon – northern railhead 0 km border N'Djamena – capital of Chad 1400 km
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.Alumina traffic
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.130km link
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
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