Sitarail is a private company that has the concession to operate railway lines formerly operated by national governments in

West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

and

Central Africa Central Africa (French language, French: ''Afrique centrale''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''África central''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''África Central'') is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries accordin ...

. Countries include: *

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

and

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

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 state ...

group.

Timeline

2016

* Operations were severely affected in September 2016 by the partial collapse of the Nzi River Bridge, near

Dimbokro Dimbokro is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Lacs District and N'Zi Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department. Dimbokro is also a commune. The town is located along the river N'Zi, a ...

. 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

TŽV Gredelj TŽV Gredelj (''Tvornica željezničkih vozila Gredelj d.o.o.'') is a state-owned Croatian rolling stock company founded in 1894 as the railway workshops of the Hungarian State Railways. History The company's history dates to 1894 and the establis ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

) *

Grindrod Locomotives Grindrod Locomotives is a South African railway locomotive manufacturer tied to the Grindrod company. Leases Headquartered in Pretoria West, a division of the company, Grindrod Rail, owns and leases out over 60 locomotives to various railwa ...

are Currently delivering ** 5 × 16-645 powered AC/AC units CC33209-CC33213 ** 6 × 700HP shunters (believed to be AC traction) * Six locomotives of an order for 16 ordered from

for use in IvoryCoast and

. The locomotives are numbered CC33201-CC33216.

References

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

Timeline

2016

See also

References

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