page_title: Transport in Benin
section_title: Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Benin / Railways
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Photo prise à Vodje par PM Gosselin This is an image with the theme "Africa on the Move or Transport" from: Benin
context_page_description: Benin is a country in Africa, which possesses railway and road infrastructure, as well as two seaports. Benin currently does not have rail connections to other countries, but new proposals seek to change this.
context_section_description: Benin has a total of 578 km (359 mi) of single track, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge railway.  Benin does not, at this time, share railway links with adjacent countries - Niger possesses no railways to connect to, and while the other surrounding countries, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso, do have railway networks, no connections have been built.  In 2006, an Indian proposal appeared, which aims to link the railways of Benin with Niger and Burkina Faso.  Benin will be a participant in the AfricaRail project.
caption: Freight train along the road in Cotonou
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