Railways in

Togo

The inaugural train on the railway between Lomé and Aflao, Ghana.

The first railway in Togo opened in 1905 between Lome (Lomé) and Anecho (Aného), a distance of 45km. The gauge chosen was metre gauge, typical for a German colonial railway of the time. The same gauge was used for subsequent expansion.

In 1961, a 22km private metre gauge line opened, connecting phosphate mines at Hahotoe with jetty on the coast at Kpémé.

The state railway system of Togo closed in 1999, and all services ceased. The privately owned phosphate railway continued in use.

In 2014, a 20km section of metre gauge railway reopened between the port of Lomé and the Industrial Platform at Adétikopé. Proposals were put forward to reopen the whole 283km metre gauge line from Lomé to Blitta, with a 477km extension to Cinkassé on the border with Burkina Faso.

Also in 2014, a new 3km branch was opened from Lomé to Aflao, Ghana.

In 2026, financing was approved to upgrade the Lomé to Adétikopé railway, allowing the inauguration of an inland container port at Adétikopé, thus greatly reducing the number of lorries passing through Lomé city.

• Togo Rail nationally owned railways (No website located at present)
• Société Nouvelle Des Phosphates du Togo private railway transporting phosphates from mines at Hahotoé and Kpogamé to the processing plant at Kpémé (Site contains few details of railway; when last checked, website HOME button was compromised to divert to an external provider)