Lomé–Kpalimé railway

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Lomé–Kpalimé railway
metre gauge
Minimum radius200 m (660 ft)
map

Legend
Pier in Lome [de]
Lomé–Aného railway
0
 Lomé
2,7
Lomé–Blitta railway
22
 Noepe
Badja
railway stop
51
 Assahun
66
 Towega
96
 Gadja
105
 Agou
246 m above sea level – highest point[1]
119
 Kpalimé (Agome-Palime)
229 m[1]

The Lomé–Kpalimé railway was the second railway line built in today's Togo. It was also called Inlandbahn or Kakao-Bahn (cocoa railway).

History

The railway line was built during the German

meter gauge, had a length of 119 km (74 mi) and was accompanied by a telephone line. The level crossings were equipped with signals to ring bells.[1] The line used the station at Lomé of the Lomé–Aného railway as a terminus. Besides the transport of cocoa, the line also served as transportation method for oil palm products. From 1 April 1908, both lines were leased to the Deutsche Kolonial-Eisenbahn Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft (German colonial railway construction- and operation company; DKEBBG), which operated through trains running over both lines.[1]

Togo was split between the

First World War, with the whole railway network located in the part of the country now handled by France as a League of Nations mandate. During the period of military occupation until 1922, the railway was operated under the Togoland Military Railway (TMR) name, with operations handled by Gold Coast Government Railways, the railway of the neighboring Gold Coast.[5] Only then, from 1922, the railway received its French
name Chemins de fer de Togo (CFT).

Since it was only a mandate area whose allocation to France under international law did not appear to be permanently secured, France also held back with investments in the railways in Togo. The line continued to operate after Togo gained independence.

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-3-8262-0233-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  2. ^ Röll, Freiherr von (1921). Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens, Band 9 (in German). Berlin; Vienna. p. 333.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Deutsche Kolonialzeitung, Volume 23, Number 8 (in German). Frankfurt. 24 February 1906. p. 77.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Schneider, Hannes. "Die Eisenbahnen in den ehemaligen deutschen Schutzgebieten in Afrika" (PDF) (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ISBN 3-88490-184-2
    .

Literature

  • Helmut Schroeter: Die Eisenbahnen der ehemaligen deutschen Schutzgebiete Afrikas und ihre Fahrzeuge. Frankfurt 1961.
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