Transport in Gabon
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Railways

The only railway in the nation is the Trans-Gabon Railway.

total: 649 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA)
standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994)

Railway links with adjacent states

• Equatorial Guinea - no - no railways
• Cameroon - no - break of gauge 1435mm/1000mm
• Republic of the Congo - no - break of gauge 1435mm/1067mm

Maps

• UN Map - shows line to Franceville
• UNHCR map - does not show line to Franceville
• TravelPortal map - shows major rivers
• UNJLC Rail map of Southern Africa - does not show line to Franceville

Cities served by rail

Main article: Railway stations in Gabon

Existing

• Libreville - capital
• Owendo - port
• Sahoué - port
• Franceville - railhead
• Ndjolé
• Lopé
• Booué - likely junction for branchline to Makokou
• Lastoursville
• Moanda
• Ntoum - proposed junction for iron ore traffic to Santa Clara
• Kango
• Four-Place
• Mounana - ?

Proposed

• Makokou - iron ore
• Cape Santa Clara - proposed deep water port for Makokou iron ore.
• Bélinga - possible iron ore mine.

Other

• Railway telecom system 2003

2007

• New rail line from Belinga will go 450km all the way to the coast, rather than to be a branch off an existing line. ^[1]
• Pan Afican issues ^[2]

2006

• China signs a deal for an iron ore mine with assocatiated rail and port upgrades from Belinga to Santa Clara [1]

[2]

Highways

total: 7,670 km
paved: 629 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,041 km (1996 est.)

Roads in Gabon link most areas of the country, and many of the main roads are of a reasonable standard. However, remoter areas along the coast and in the east are often not connected to the road network. Major roads are denoted national routes and numbered, with a prefix "N" (sometimes "RN"):

• N1 road: Libreville – Kougouleu – Bifoun – Lambaréné – Mouila – Ndendé – Tchibanga - (Congo-Brazzaville)
• N2 road: Bifoun – Alémbe – Viate – Mitzic – Bibasse – Oyem – Bitam – Éboro – (Cameroon)
• N3 road: Alembe – Kazamabika – Lastoursville – Moanda – Franceville
• N4 road: Viate – Ekonlong – Makokou – Mékambo
• N5 road: Kougouleu – Bibasse
• N6 road: Mayumba – Tchibanga – Ndendé – Lebamba - Koulamoutou – Lastoursville

Waterways

1,600 km perennially navigable

Pipelines

crude oil 270 km; petroleum products 14 km

Seaports and harbours

Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene (river port), Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo (railhead), Port-Gentil

Merchant marine

total: 1 ship (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 2,419 GRT/3,205 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

61 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 50
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 25 (1999 est.)

See also

• COMILOG Cableway
• Gabon

References

v • d • e Economy of Gabon Currency: CFA Franc Communications Banking  · Communications  · History of Trade  · Transportation Industries: Agriculture  · Cocoa  · Coffee  · Mining  · Palm oil  · Petroleum  · Rubber  · Sugar  · Textile  · Tourism

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