Sitarail is a private company that has the concession to operate railway lines formerly operated by the government. Countries include: *

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

and

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

Sitarail is part of the

Bolloré Bolloré SE () is a French conglomerate headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 1822, the company has interests in Vivendi, international freight forwarding, oil storage and pipelines in France, solid stat ...

group.

Timeline

2016

* Operations were severely affected in September 2016 by the partial collapse of the Nzi River Bridge, near Dimbokro. The bridge was repaired in 15 days. * Under Bolloré operatorship Sitarail have acquired ** 4 × GT26CU-3 clones NRE CC33201-CC33204 ** 4 × GT26CU-3 clones NRE CC33205-CC33208 (contract built by TZV Gredelj in Croatia) * Grindrod Locomotives are Currently delivering ** 5 × 16-645 powered AC/AC units CC33209-CC33213 ** 6 × their 700HP shunters (believed to be AC traction) * Six locomotives of an order for 16 ordered from Grindrod Locomotives for use in IvoryCoast and

. The locomotives are numbered CC33201-CC33216.

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Citarail locomotives
Transport companies of Ivory Coast Transport companies of Africa {{Africa-rail-transport-stub

Timeline

2016

See also

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