• Source: Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line

The Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line is a 96.7 km standard gauge railroad constructed from the Tema to Mpakadan to facilitate the movement of goods along the Eastern corridor of Ghana.
The line is part of the 1000 km Ghana-Burkina Faso Interconnectivity Project which will connect Ouagadougou to the Port in Tema.




Construction


Afcons Infrastructure began the construction of the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line in 2018. The project was funded by the India Export-Import Bank at $440 million.
On February 27 2024, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that the line was at the final stage of completion.




Rolling Stock


In September 2022 GRC ordered two DMU from Pesa with option on an additional ten. The first DMU was completed in January 2024, and on February 2 of the same year, the vehicle was presented at the Bydgoszcz Główna station. Amongst the participants was the Secretary of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Railway Development Authority, Yaw Owusu.




Test Run


During the first test-run ahead of scheduled commencement of operations, newly acquired trains run into a truck parked over the railway track on April 18th 2024. The driver of the truck was sentenced to six months in prison.




References

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• Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line
• Rail transport in Ghana
• Ghana Railway Company Limited
• Afcons Infrastructure
• Standard-gauge railway
• Railway stations in Ghana
• Pesa (rolling stock manufacturer)