Transport In Ivory Coast
As of 2004, the nation’s railway system consisted of a state-controlled 660 km section of a 1,146 km narrow gauge railroad that ran north from Abidjan through Bouaké and Ferkéssédougou to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge; 25 km double track (1995 est.)
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