AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo. These are all gauge. A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of but are converting to . Timeline 2022 Jeremie Taieb takes the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors 2020 Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment Ghana Eastern SG line approved 2019 8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km) Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line 2015 Various links. West African rail loop of 2740 km. Abidjan to Ouagadougou line. proposed new line linking Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Niamey in Niger. proposed new line linking Niger and Parakou in Benin. rehabilitation of the existing line to Cotonou in Benin. new link to Lomé in Togo. See also Dakar-Port Sudan Railway West Africa Regional Rail Integration External links ECOWAS ECOWAS UNECA Map References Rail transport in Africa Rail transport in Benin Rail transport in Burkina Faso Rail transport in Ivory Coast Rail transport in Niger Rail transport in Togo Rail transport in Ghana