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Douala Yaoundé Railway Rehabilitation
railway
Cities
Douala
Cameroon
Yaounde
✸ Cameroon
Distance
238km
new
– kmrehabilitated
238kmexisting
– kmCost
$368m
$368,000,000
Phases
planned, 2032
Objective
The railway section between Douala and Yaoundé which is by far the most trafficked section of the whole network is highly degraded. Rehabilitating the rail track - including bridges and railroads crossings - and modernizing the signaling would greatly improve traffic safety, reliability and speedDescription
Rehabilitation of the railway line between Cameroons two main cities and to increase freight capacity form Chad based trafficHistory
The history of rail transportation in Cameroon dates back to the early 20th century, when the country was under German colonial rule. The first railway line was built in 1909 and connected the cities of Douala and Yaoundé, acting as an important means of transportation for the movement of goods and people. (https://rail.cc/cameroon/xcm#:~:text=Brief%20History&text=The%20first%20railway%20line%20was,under%20French%20and%20British%20administration.)Finance
$265000000 grant
The World Bank
Bank
Operators
Camrail
Company