Completed Projects

  • Between 2012 and 2013 the following construction works were carried out: Renovation of the Achimota, Asoprochona, Baatsona, Odaw And Tema Harbour Stations. A new station was also built at Tema Community 1
  • Work on an organizational plan for the Authority completed. Inventory and Valuation of the Assets and liabilities of the Ghana Railway Company Limited has been carried out and the transfer of GRCL assets to the Authority as per section 32 and 33 of the Railways Act (Act779) is completed

Asoprochona to Tema Harbour

Reconstruction of the railway line from Asoprochona to Tema Harbour (Achimota to Tema
branch line of the Eastern railway line)

In 2007, the suburban service from Accra to Asoprochona was commissioned. In 2009, the
continuation of the line was started. A distance of a newly built cape gauge line was completed and commissioned in 2010. The total track length built is 10.1kilometers including platforms at Tema and Asoprochona stations. Two Diesel multiple train units were also commissioned . The project was executed by Amandi Holding Limited and supervised by the Ghana Railway Development Authority and and the Ghana Railway Company Limited

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Extension of the Railway line from Tema Harbour to Community One

The project was started in 2011 and completed and commissioned in February 2012. The main features of the project includes, two platforms at Halt at the fishing Harbour in the Community One Station, semi automatic barrier arm mechanism at all four level crossings. A track route length of 3.5km was constructed with an extra siding line at Community One Station. The project contractor was Amandi Holding Limited and was supervised jointly by the Ghana Railway Development Authority and and the Ghana Railway Company Limited
Laying of rail track on Tema - Mpakadan line

Construction of Single Gauge Railway Line from Tema to Mpakadan (Akosombo)

The contract for this project was signed in November 2016 between GRDA of Ghana and AFCONS Infrastructure of India. The project is financed by the Exim Bank of India with a USD 398.33m comprising 54.8km of new rail construction.
Construction works started on 2nd October 2017. This is partĀ of the Eastern Corridor Multi-Modal Transport System linking the Ports of Tema and Akosombo.
The project covers the following;
  • Construction of rail head facilities including a container stacking area at the Tema Harbour.
  • Construction of Rolling Stock maintenance Depot.
  • Construction of three (3) new stations.
  • Construction of rail head facilities and a container stacking area at Mpakadan
  • Provision of the state of the art Signaling and Tele-Communication system.

The contact was officially changed in 2018 from Tema - Akosombo to Tema - Mpakadan project, this was necessitated by a number of considerations including Security concerns and Technical concerns in so far as the the proposed alignment brought the train line uncomfortably close to the rather aging Hydroelectric Dam within the 500 meters of the Dam. The realignment has implications in cost though not in time. The total km length increases to 97.78 kilometers with an additional cost element og USD 48m. The contractor is confident in delivering the project by December 2022 despite the delays caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Starting from the inside depths of the ongoing Port expansion in Tema, the Tema - Mpakadan line is a major inter-modal line that ultimately connect Ghana to Burkina Faso and the other land locked countries of Mali and Niger.
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The Doryumu Station on the Tema - Mpakadan Line

The Doryumu Station on the Tema - Mpakadan Line

Laying of rail track on Tema -  Mpakadan Line

Laying of rail track on Tema - Mpakadan Line

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Maintenance yard at Tema

Maintenance yard at Tema

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Maintenance yard at Tema

Maintenance yard at Tema

Maintenance yard at Tema

Maintenance yard at Tema

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Rail bridge across the Volta Lake at Senchi

Reconstruction of the Takoradi-Secondi via Kojokrom Suburban Railway Line

The project which started on the 1st of November 2012 was scheduled to be completed in eighteen (18) month but had to be extended for a period of another fourteen (14) months. Main features of the project include; the construction of a total of 14.5km of track route length. The construction of three new railway stations at Sekondi, Kojokrom and Butuah; the renovation of the Takoradi station, the construction of four Halts atthe Sekondi Prisons, Ketan, Essaman and Bakado; fencing of the station and sections of track. Under the project, two sets of DMU trains were procured and two locomotives with six coaches rehabilitated. The project was finalized and commissioned in September 2017 by the GRDA
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Kojokrom to Tarkwa line rehabilitation

The Total length of track to be rehabilitated is 41 miles (67km). The Kojokrom to Tarkwa line rehabilitation is completed and passenger services commenced since August 2019. This was funded by the Government of Ghana (GOG) and Ghana Manganese Company (GMC)
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