And a bit more.Translated form this source.http://www.cameroonvoice.com/news/article-news-5880.html
In the margin of a national rail plan presented Friday at Yaoundé and to improve the current long only one thousand kilometres, the Cameroonian Government plans to build 4 priority railway lines in the short term, a cost of 8. 464,256 billion USD (about 17 billion USD).
Worn by four decades of exploitation and outdated standards, the current network connects the South and the North of Cameroon. At the study since 2009, the new route is to modern standards with a rail of 50 kg and a gauge of 1.435 cm, according to the experts of the Cameroonian Ministry of economy, planning and development of the territory.
"These characteristics will facilitate the acquisition of mobile equipment (locomotives, cars) and a signaling system adapted to optical fibre network (signalling);" What gives hope on this linear speeds of between 170 and 150 km/h on passenger trains. "between 90 km and 70 km / h for freight trains", said a note of this Department.
For Emmanuel Nganou which, Minister of the economy, "the implementation of a modern railway in our country is the exploitation of our natural resources, optimization of costs through strengthening our secondary sector;" It is a challenge. "Together, we respond."
"As a result, our iron ore will be easily operated with the new railroad;" "the establishment of a steel industry for the local production of steel will facilitate the growth of the sector of infrastructure in General", he added.
With objective indeed promote industrial of Cameroon and to the competitiveness of the national of this Central African country economy, four lines are planned for the initial phase which the feasibility of routes should be finalised by end of 2012, so that 2013 is devoted to the provisions comply with the start of the work.
A distance of 907,5 km, the section Ngaoundéré and Bertoua - Douala (between North and South) has a cost of 4.545,195 billion CFA francs. Deposit of iron in Mbalam (East) to Lolabè where is built near the seaside city Kribi (South) a deep water port, a path of 602,6 km is envisaged, with an investment of 3.109,390 billion.
Between Douala, the economic metropolis, and lamina, seaside town of the Southwest not less industrial, a 73.5 km line is provided at a cost of 340.967 billion, while 468. 708 billion agreement be mobilized to Edea and Kribi by 136 km railway.
Apart from Ngaoundéré-Bertoua-Douala to 150 km/h, the other three sections will have to be driven at 120 km/h. For some of them as Mbalam-Lolabè, the principle of double-track is announced. In the opinion of the leaders of the Ministry of the economy, the costs declared both incorporate the work of construction of this railway network and the acquisition of equipment.
An overall estimate of 14.976,50 billion CFA francs, eight other medium-term projects are on the menu, with objective this time to densify the national network of East West and North to South. Interconnections with neighbouring countries (Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Angola) are on the progr
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