Conakry – Kankan railway line

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Conakry – Kankan
Line of the Conakry – Kankan railway line
Route
Route length: 662 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0 Conakry Port
Station, station
 5 Conakry Ville
Station, station
 20th Sangoya
   
 25th Branch line to Fria
   
 36 Stop kilometer 36
   
 50 Keep kilometer 50
   
 Kouria
   
 Moriya
   
 104 Debele
   
 134 Kindia
   
 Tabouna
Stop, stop
 Kouyéya
Stop, stop
 Kolente
Stop, stop
 Souguéta
Stop, stop
 Ouaka
Station, station
 230 Konkouré
Station, station
 250 Mamou
Stop, stop
 Douné
Stop, stop
 Dingouré
Station, station
 442 Dabola
Station, station
 464 Bissikrima
Station, station
 490 Sissela
Station, station
 519 Saraya
Station, station
 552 Koundian
Station, station
 590 Kouroussa
Station, station
 612 Kato
Stop, stop
 Léfarani
Station, station
 644 Dabola
End station - end of the line
 662 Kankan

The Conakry – Kankan railway ( French Chemin de fer de Conakry à Kankan) is a 662 km long narrow-gauge railway in Guinea built between 1902 and 1915 with a gauge of 1000 mm, which connects the Atlantic port of Conakry with the Niger River.

history

The route was originally operated by the Compagnie de chemin de fer de Konakry au Niger .

On February 28, 1944, the Régie Générale des chemins de fer coloniaux was founded, which is now integrated into Chemin de fer de Konakry au Niger .

In 1947, the Office central des chemins de fer de la France d'Outremer (OFERFOM), the central office of the French overseas railways (OFERFOM), took over the Régie Générale des chemins de fer coloniaux .

At the time of independence, the Office National des Chemins de Fer de Guinée (ONCFG) was founded in 1959 . On November 14, 1960, by decree, the Office central des chemins de fer d'Outremer (OFEROM) was founded in France , a French company that supports the operation of the railroad.

  • Construction of the meter-gauge railway line

  • Incision above Kindia

  • Rock cut

  • At the Fofota pass

  • Vallée de la Santa.

Route

The 662 km long meter gauge line Conakry (formerly Konakry) - Mamou - Dabola - Kankan was put into operation between 1905 and 1915.

Decauville Railway

Conakry also had a hand-operated Decauville narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm that ran from the port to the warehouses on Rue du Commerce and Boulevard du Commerce.

  • Decauville narrow-gauge railway

  • Quais de la Petite Vitesse, Conakry

  • Rue du Commerce, Conakry

  • Boulevard du Commerce, Conakry

  • Rue du Commerce, Conakry

Locomotives

No. 11 to 13, type 030T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1904
  • No. 11 to 13, type 030T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1904, (manufacturer no. 1008-1010) 5, empty weight 21 tons
  • No. 15, type 030T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1906 (manufacturer No. 1115),
  • No. 37, type 030T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1907 (manufacturer No. 1165),
  • No. 21 004 and No. 21 005, type 030T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1909, (Manufacturer No. 1186–1187), empty weight 21 tons,
  • No. 25 011 to No. 25 014, type 230T, supplied by Corpet-Louvet in 1905 (manufacturer No. 1042-1045), empty weight 25 tons,
  • No. 40 017 to No. 40 020, type 141, supplied by Corpet-Louvet 1947, (manufacturer No. 1852–1855), empty weight 40 tons,
  • No. 50 001, type 030-030T, built by Corpet-Louvet in 1913 (manufacturer No. 1409), empty weight 50 tons.

literature

  • P. Dürr: Histoire du chemin de fer Conakry Kankan, 1898–1914: en cartes postales anciennes , published by the Mission Catholique, Conakry, around 1999.
  • Jacques Mangolte: Le chemin de fer de Konakry au Niger (1890-1914), in Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer , tome 55, no. 198, 1 er trimestre 1968, pp. 37-105.
  • George's pilot: Guinée. Le chemin de fer Conakry-Niger. 1900–1910 , Ouvrages du génie civil francais dans le monde. Lignes de chemin de fer. Afrique occidentale et Afrique équatoriale , IESF, December 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Guinée chemins de fer. Situation in 2003/2004. Office National du Chemin de fer de Guinée.
  2. ↑ a b Jean-Louis Chaléard, Chantal Chanson-Jabeur and Chantal Béranger: Le chemin de fer en Afrique. Karthala Editions, 2006.
  3. ^ Gilbert Tixier: La succession à la Régie des chemins de fer de l'AOF Problèmes posés par l'apparition de nouveaux États. Annuaire Français de Droit International, 1965, No. 11, pp. 916-932.
  4. ^ Jacques Mangolte: Le chemin de fer de Konakry au Niger (1890-1914). Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire, 1968, No. 198, pp. 37-105.

Coordinates: 59 ° 48 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 40 ° 10 ′ 24.7 ″  E