Rail transport in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is landlocked, but the railway to Abidjan provides rail access to a port.

[1][2][3] The following towns of Burkina Faso are served by the country's railways: On 31 November 2011, an agreement was signed to build a new international railway connecting Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin.

Pan African Minerals to develop the Tambao manganese project at a cost of up to $1 billion.

The manganese mine is in the north of Burkina Faso, near the border with Niger and Mali, containing perhaps 100 million tonnes of the metal (used in steel production).

[9][10] Ghana and Ivory Coast sign a deal to develop a through rail link.