Eastern Railway Line, Ghana Explained

The Eastern Railway Line is a narrow gauge railway line from Accra Station to Kumasi, with a branch line from Achimota Railway Station to Tema.[1] [2]

History

The Eastern Railway Line, sometimes referred to as the cocoa line, was built in three phases.[3] [4]

The first phase, from Accra to Mangoase, was started in 1908 opened in 1912. The line from Accra reached Tafo in 1918 before it eventually reached Kumasi in the 1923.[5] Unlike the Western line which took 6 years to build, the Eastern line took 15 years due to shortage from war.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry of Railways Development - Ghana - accra kumasi (eastern line) 300 km . 2024-01-06 . www.mrd.gov.gh.
  2. Tsey . Komla . Short . Stephanie D. . 1995-03-01 . From headloading to the iron horse: The unequal health consequences of railway construction and expansion in the Gold Coast, 1898–1929 . Social Science & Medicine . 40 . 5 . 613–621 . 10.1016/0277-9536(95)80005-5 . 0277-9536.
  3. Web site: Ghana Railway Company Limited . 2024-01-08 . SIGA: State Interests and Governance Authority . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2013-03-04 . Railway sector has 'collapsed' . 2024-01-08 . GhanaWeb . en.
  5. Web site: About us Ghana Railway Company Limited . 2024-01-16 . grcl.gov.gh.
  6. Due . John F. . 1979 . The Problems of Rail Transport in Tropical Africa . The Journal of Developing Areas . 13 . 4 . 375–393 . 4190688 . 0022-037X.

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