African Integrated High Speed Railway Network
The African Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN; in German about Integrated African High Speed Railway Network ) is a continental rail network project in Africa that is in the planning phase . It is planned by the African Union as part of its Agenda 2063 .
The rail network is to be composed by special expansion projects in each of the member states of the AU by the year 2063 . New construction projects are planned over at least 12,000 kilometers in length, which extend over six main corridors. In addition, 17,200 kilometers of railway lines are to be modernized. The total cost is put at 43 billion US dollars . Most of the routes are planned to run parallel to the Trans-African Highways .
Most recently, the acceleration of the project was announced at an expert workshop in Windhoek ( Namibia ) in early March 2020 .
Corridors
- Mombasa ( Kenya ) - Kampala ( Uganda )
- Durban ( South Africa ) - Gaborone ( Botswana )
- Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) - Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )
- Dakar ( Senegal ) - N'Djamena ( Chad ) - Djibouti City ( Djibouti )
- Djibouti– Libreville ( Gabon )
- Cotonou ( Benin ) - Niamey ( Niger ) –Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) –Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
See also
- Trans-Kalahari Railway - Namibia , Botswana, South Africa
Web links
- Official website of the AU on the project (English)
- Concept paper of the AU (PDF; English)
- Official Working Paper I (PDF; English)
- Official Working Paper II (PDF; English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Africa Integrated High Speed rail Network on track. Construction Review, April 23, 2019.
- ^ Towards the African Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) Development. African Union, p. 6. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ↑ Transport experts want implementation of African high-speed railway expedited. In: Namport . March 4, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .