Editing Transport in Ghana (section)

===Rail transport===
[[File:GhanaRailwayMap1.jpg|thumb|350px|A railway map of Ghana showing dates of construction.]]

The Ghana railway network occupies a total [[Rail transport|rail]] route length and [[Track (rail transport)|rail track]] length of 947&nbsp;km and 1300&nbsp;km, comprising national [[rail line]]s that do not go outside of Ghana and the Ghana [[national border]].<ref name="Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy">{{cite magazine |magazine= Railway Gazette |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/essential-renewals-must-pave-the-way-for-ambitious-expansion-strategy.html |title = Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy |access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref> Ghana railway network is limited to south Ghana and the southern part of Ghana within the Greater Accra region, Central region, Western region, Eastern region and Ashanti region of south Ghana.<ref name="Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy"/>

There are plans underway that revamp the operations of the [[Ghana Railway Corporation]] and [[Ghana Railway Company]] to make it more viable, and to attract [[private sector]] participation.<ref name="Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy"/> [[Concession (contract)|Concession]] agreements have been signed by the Ghana Railway Corporation for the development and extension of the [[Railway stations in Ghana#East|Ghana Eastern Rail Line]] and the rehabilitation of the [[Railway stations in Ghana#West|Ghana Western Rail Line]].<ref name="Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy"/>

* The major [[Rail transport|rail routes]] in Ghana are the [[Railway stations in Ghana#East|Ghana Eastern Rail Line]] that connects Kumasi to Koforidua, and the [[Railway stations in Ghana#West|Ghana Western Rail Line]] that connects Kumasi to Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani and Cape Coast.<ref name="Essential renewals must pave the way for ambitious expansion strategy" /> In 2010, Ghana Railway Corporation began a [[Ghana cedi|GH₵]]12.9 billion ([[United States dollar|US$]]6&nbsp;billion) rail project at the construction of the Ghana rail infrastructure to Ghana [[High-speed rail|High-Speed Rail]] (''abbreviated'' GHSR or HSR) and to upgrade all of Ghana's railway line network has been planned and to be completed at the end of 2014 with [[construction]] managed by the [[China Railway High-speed|China Railway High-Speed]] (CHR) and the Chinese National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana, China signs railway contract|url=http://www.ghananewslink.com/index.php?id=10515|website=ghananewslink.com|access-date=5 June 2013|date=30 November 2010}}</ref>
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