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Rail transport in Togo consists of 568 km (353 mi) (2014) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway.[1]
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Trains are operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Togolais (SNCT), which was established as a result of the restructuring and renaming of Réseau des Chemins de Fer du Togo from 1997 to 1998.[2] Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines du Bénin (CTMB) operated phosphate trains.[2]
Togo is a participant in the AfricaRail project, an Indian proposal has surfaced to link the railways in Benin and Togo with landlocked Niger and Burkina Faso.[citation needed] In May 2023, a plan was agreed upon by the transport ministers of Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin, to further international railway connections. The plan, consisting of both upgrading and building new lines, would link Lomé to the planned network.[6]
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