Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to

Kankan Kankan ( Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 198,013 people as of 2020. The city is located in eastern Guinea about east of the ...

ceased operating in the mid-1980s. Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire. Domestic air services are intermittent. Conakry International Airport is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe. Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials. Iron mining at Simandou (North and South blocks) in the southeast is leading to the construction of a new heavy-haul standard gauge railway and deep-water port. Bauxite mining at Kalia in the east is may link to this line.

Railways

''total:'' 1,155km
''

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:'' 366km gauge
''

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:'' 789km gauge (includes 662km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry) The lines do not all connect.

Santou - Dapilon

This 125km long

railway connects bauxite mines in the Santou II and Houda areas with a new port at Dapilon, both places in the north of Guinea. See
Boffa-Boke Railway

Chemin de Fer de Boké

This 136km long

railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar and carries about per annum.

Chemin de fer de Conakry – Fria

This 127km line is gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction. It shares its first 16km with Chemin de Fer de Guinee.

Chemin de Fer de Guinee

This 662km line is gauge.

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to gauge has been proposed.

Societe des Bauxites de Kindia (SBK)

This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.
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TransGuinean Railway (under construction 2025)

The Transguinean Railway will be 622km long and of (

). It goes from Simandou iron ore mines in the south east to a new port at Matakong.

Timeline

2021 * Santou - Dapilon commenced operation.

2019

* Télimélé - Boffa

2008

* July 2008 - wobbles over Simandou leases * four ex-Croatian locomotives refurbished and regauged in Russia

1994

* Progress

Statistics

Length

Highways

''total:'' 30,500 km
''paved:'' 5,033 km
''unpaved:'' 25,467 km (1996 est.) The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea, connecting it to

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), and when construction in

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and

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is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of the

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(ECOWAS).

Waterways

1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

Ports and harbors

* Boké,

Conakry Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973. The current population of C ...

Kamsar Kamsar is a port city in Guinea, West Africa. It is also a Sub-prefectures of Guinea, Sub-prefecture of Guinea. It is located on the mouth of the Nunez River. Port Kamsar handles significant part of the world's bauxite production. Ships callin ...

Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

Airports

15 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

''total:'' 5
''over 3,047 m:'' 1
''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 1
''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 3 (1999 est.) The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.

Airports - with unpaved runways

''total:'' 10
''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 5
''914 to 1,523 m:'' 4
''under 914 m:'' 1 (1999 est.)

References

External links

Google maps Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Guinea

Aviation Safety CKY Guinea

AZ World Airports Guinea
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