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Western Line Expansion Routes in Phases

1

The existing Western Corridor railway network which is partially operational comprised 947km of track route connecting key centers of Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi with important mining sites in Awaso and Nsuta and other yet to develop mineral deposit in the Western region.


  • PHASE 1: TAKORADI - TARKWA - HUNI VALLEY-DUNKWA - AWASO - BIBIANI-NYINAHIN-SUNYANI-TACHIMAN-KUMASI –OBUASI- DUNKWA –TARKWA
  • PHASE 2: TACHIMAN – WENCHI- BAMBOI-BOLE-SAWLA-WA-JIRAPA-LAWRA-NANDOM-HAMILE
  • And/Or
  • PHASE 2b: TACHIMAN-BUIPE-TAMALE-BOLGATANGA-NAVRONGO—PAGA

Frontier's Involvement

Frontier Rail Ltd, a Private business Enterprise entity in Ghana desires to undertake the venture and build the Western Corridor line starting from the mining and business district of Takoradi - Tarkwa to Dunkwa and complete the Phase I loop as stated above. Phase 2a and Phase 2b shall be from Tachiman to Hamile and Tachiman to PAGA as described above. Preference as to which of the last two phases comes first shall depend on the outcome of our planned negotiations with the government of Burkina Faso in concert with all stakeholders/partners.


A MOU between the Ministry of Railways Development and Frontier has been requested by the Ministry, and Frontier forwarded a draft MOU to the ministry.


Frontier Rail Ltd has initiated efforts to raise capital from external sources; supra-national entities, private equity firms and others, to create an Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to be formed for the execution of this project. The financing package shall consist of equity, mezzanine and debt instruments.

Proposed System