1. Railways
     Cities served by rail    Northern line    Central line    Southern line    South Western line    Proposed Trans-Guinean Railways    Timeline    2008    1994    Statistics  

2. Highways

3. Waterways

4. Ports and harbors

5. Merchant marine

6. Airports
     Airports - with paved runways    Airports - with unpaved runways  

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations.

The railway from Conakry to Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s.^[1]

Domestic air services are intermittent. Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire.

Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials.

Iron mining at Simandou (South) in the southeast beginning in 2007 and at Kalia in the east is likely to result in the construction of a new heavy-duty standard gauge railway and deepwater port. Iron mining at Simandou (North) will load to a new port near Buchanan, Liberia, in exchange for which rehabilitation of the Conakry to Kankan line will occur.{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}}

Conakry International Airport is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe.

Railways

1,086 km

279 km {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge

807 km {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry){{Citation needed|reason=sept 2009|date=September 2009}}

The lines do not all connect.

Cities served by rail

Northern line

This line is {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge (standard gauge) and carries about {{convert|12000000|t|LT ST|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} per annum.

• Port Kamsar - port
• Boké
• Sangarédi - bauxite mine

Central line

This line is {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge and head off in a northwestern direction.

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Dubréka
• Fria - bauxite mine

Southern line

This line is {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge. Conversion to {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge has been proposed.^[2]

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Kindia - provincial capital.
• Kolèntèn
• Konkouré - several km north of railway
• Mamou - provincial capital
• Kégnégo
• Dabola - junction and break of gauge
• Bissikrima
• Cisséla -
• Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
• Kankan - terminus and provincial capital.

This line is {{RailGauge|1435mm}}.

• Dabola - junction and break of gauge
• Tougué - bauxite ^[3]

South Western line

This line is {{RailGauge|1435mm}} and parallels the Southern line.

• Conakry - capital and port. Rail Map (red dots) Rail Map (gray lines)
• Kindia - bauxite mine.

Proposed Trans-Guinean Railways

The heavy duty Transguinean Railways is about 750 km long and would be {{RailGauge|1435mm}} (standard gauge). It goes from iron ore mines in the south east and bauxite mines in the north to a new port a Matakong.^[4]

• Matakong - Deepwater port
• Forécariah
• Madina Woula - way station
• Bambafouga - junction
• Marela - way station
• Faranah
• Tiro
• Kissidougou - way station
• Macenta
• Koule
• Nzerekore
• Lola
• Simandou iron ore deposit near Diéké
• Nimba - iron ore
• Pontiola - bauxite
• Tougué - branch terminus - bauxite

Timeline

2008

• July 2008 - wobbles over Simandou leases ^[5]
• four ex-Croatian locomotives refurbished and regauged in Russia ^[6]

1994

• Progress ^[7]

Statistics

• Length

Highways

30,500 km

5,033 km

25,467 km (1996 est.)

The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea, connecting it to Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), and when construction in Sierra Leone and Liberia is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Waterways

1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

Ports and harbors

• Boké, Conakry, Kamsar

Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

Airports

15 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

5

1

1

3 (1999 est.)

The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.

Airports - with unpaved runways

10

5

4

1 (1999 est.)

See also

• Economy of Guinea

References

External links

• Google maps Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Guinea
• Aviation Safety CKY Guinea
• AZ World Airports Guinea

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