Railways in

Côte d’Ivoire

A freight train passing Dimbokro station
The locomotive is a General Motors GT22LC-2 2250hp Co-Co diesel electric

The first railway in Côte d’Ivoire, then part of French West Africa, opened in 1905 from Abidjan to Azaguié, a distance of some 70km. It was built to metre gauge, then in common use for minor railways in France. The line was extended in stages to Ouagadougou in Haute Volta (present day Burkina Faso), which it reached in 1954. The 660km section of this line that lies within Côte d’Ivoire remains the only railway in the country.

In 2014, a contract was awarded for the construction of a 37km light rail metro in Abidjan, connecting the city with northern and southern suburbs and the airport.

In 2020, passenger services ceased owing to Covid-19 restrictions, and have never resumed.

In 2024, Burkina Faso withdrew the AGL Group (Sitarail) concession for the railway in its territory. The group retains the concession for the line in Côte d’Ivoire.

• AGL Group concession holder for the line from Abidjan to the border with Burkina Faso
• Abidjan proposed Metro (Site in French)