Ghana is set to rehabilitate its 340 km Western Railway Line at a cost of US$32 billion.

Reuters reports that, according to the Ministry of Railways Development, the line from the port of Takoradi to Komasi in the Ashanti region used to service two mines – the Ghana manganese mine at Nsuta and a bauxite mine at Awaso – until the railway collapsed. It also passes through the country’s cocoa-growing region.

The work will be undertaken by the Thelo DB Consortium, comprising South Africa’s Thelo Ventures, Germany’s Deutsche Bahn Engineering and Consulting and Ghanaian partner Transtech Consult.

‘The Western Railway Line project will transform Ghana’s existing railway infrastructure base into a modern, robust and integrated railway system,’ says the consortium’s chairman, Ronnie Ntuli.

The project covers planning; implementation (including testing and commissioning of rolling stock and infrastructure); and operations and maintenance management.

26 July 2022
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