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This article provides a breakdown of the transportation options available in [[Cameroon]]. These options are available to citizens and tourists such as railways, roadways, waterways, pipelines, and airlines. These avenues of transport are used by citizens for personal transportation, of goods, and by tourists for both accessing the country and traveling.[[Image:Bush taxi minibus type.jpg|thumb|225px|right|[[Share taxi |Bush taxi]] in the [[East Province (Cameroon)|East Province]]]]

== Railways ==
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Railways in [[Cameroon]] are operated by [[Camrail]], a [[subsidiary]] of [[France |French]] investment group [[Bolloré]]. As of May 2014, Camrail operated regular daily services on three routes:<ref>Cameroon, seat61, [http://www.seat61.com/Cameroon.htm#.U2JoEcfEc7A Iron Ore railway.]</ref>

* [[Douala]] - [[Kumba]]<ref>Timetable, 2014, http://www.camrail.net/h_dla_kum.html</ref>
* [[Douala]] - [[Yaoundé]]<ref>Timetable, 2014, http://www.camrail.net/h_dla_yde.html</ref>
* [[Yaoundé]] - [[Ngaoundéré]]<ref>Timetable, 2014, http://www.camrail.net/h_dla_nge.html</ref>
* [[Kribi]] - [[Mbalam]] and [[Nabeba]] in [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Republic of the Congo]] - under construction in 2022.
* [[Edéa]] - [[Kribi]] - proposed connection to deep water port.

There are no rail links with neighboring countries except [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Republic of the Congo]].

== Roadways ==
[[File:Bus Finexs Voyage.jpg|thumb|Bus Finexs Voyage]]
[[Image:Yaounde buses.JPG|thumb|right|270px|Buses in [[Yaoundé]]]]
''Total highways:'' 50,000&nbsp;km
<br />''Paved:'' 5,000&nbsp;km
<br />''Unpaved:'' 45,000&nbsp;km (2004)

Cameroon lies at a key point in the [[Trans-African Highway network]], with three routes crossing its territory:
* [[Trans-Sahelian Highway|Dakar-N'Djamena Highway]], connecting just over the Cameroon border with the [[Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway|N'Djamena-Djibouti Highway]]
* [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]]
* [[Tripoli-Cape Town Highway]]
Cameroon's central location in the network means that efforts to close the gaps in the network across [[Central Africa]] rely on Cameroon's participation in maintaining the network, and the network has the potential to profoundly influence Cameroon's regional trade. Except for the several relatively good toll roads that connect major cities (all of them one-lane) roads are poorly maintained and subject to inclement weather, since only 10% of the roadways are tarred. It is likely that within a decade, a great deal of trade between West Africa and Southern Africa will be moving on the network through Yaoundé.

National highways in Cameroon:
[[File:Rues et pistes de Douala 04.jpg|thumb|Rues et pistes de Douala 04]]
*[[Cameroon National Highway 9|N1]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bertoua]] - [[Ngaoundéré]] - [[Garoua]] - [[Maroua]] - [[Kouséri]], border with [[Chad]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 2|N2]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Mbalmayo]] - [[Ebolowa]] - Woleu Ntem, border with [[Gabon]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 3|N3]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Edéa]] - [[Douala]] - [[Idenau]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 4|N4]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bafia]] - [[Bafoussam]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 5|N5]]: [[Douala]] - [[Nkongsamba]] - [[Bafang]] - [[Bafoussam]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 4|N6]]: Ejagham, border with [[Nigeria]] - [[Bamenda]] - [[Bafoussam]] - [[Tibati]] - [[Lokoti]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 7|N7]]: [[Edéa]] - [[Kribi]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 8|N8]]: [[Mutengene]] - [[Kumba]] - [[Mamfé]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 2|N9]]: [[Mbalmayo]] - Nki, border with [[Republic of the Congo |Congo]].
*[[Cameroon National Highway 10|N10]]: [[Yaoundé]] - [[Bertoua]] - [[Batouri]] - Kenzou, border with the [[Central African Republic]].
*N11 Bamenda Ring Road Linking, Mezam, Ngokitujia, Mbui, Boyo and Menchum

Prices of petrol rose steadily in 2007 and 2008, leading to a transport union strike in Douala on 25 February 2008. The strike quickly escalated into [[2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests |violent protests]] and spread to other major cities. The uprising finally subsided on 29 February.<ref>Nkemngu, Martin A. (11 March 2008). "[http://www.cameroon-tribune.net/article.php?lang=Fr&oled=j11032008&idart=9281&olarch= Facts and Figures of the Tragic Protests]", ''[[Cameroon Tribune]]''. Retrieved 12 March 2008.</ref>

== Waterways ==
[[File:Car carrier GRANDE CAMEROON à Casablanca.jpg|thumb|Car carrier GRANDE CAMEROON à Casablanca]]
2,090&nbsp; km; of decreasing importance.  Navigation mainly on the [[Benue River]]; limited during the rainy season.

== Seaports and harbors ==
* [[Douala]] - main port, railhead, and second-largest city
* [[Bonaberi]] - [[railhead]] to northwest
* [[Garoua]]
* [[Kribi]] - oil pipeline from [[Chad]]
** [[Kribi South]] - proposed iron ore export port, about 40&nbsp;km south of [[Kribi]].
* [[Tiko]]

==Pipelines==
888&nbsp; km of oil line (2008)

== Airports ==
[[File:Aéroport de Douala.jpg|thumb|Aéroport de Douala]]
[[File:Asky plane 7810.jpg|thumb|Aircraft at the Douala International Airport, Cameroon]]
[[File:Aéroport de Douala (cameroun).jpg|thumb|Front view of Douala International Airport]]
The main international airport is the [[Douala International Airport]] and a secondary international airport at [[Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport]]. As of May 2014, Cameroon had regular international air connections with nearly every major international airport in West and Southwest Africa and several connections to Europe and East Africa.

In 2008 there were 34 airports, only 10 of which had paved runways.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

* [[List of airports in Cameroon]]

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
<br />''total:''
10
<br />''over 3,047 m:''
2
<br />''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
4
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
3
<br />''914 to 1,523 m:''
1 (2008)

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
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<br />''total:''
24
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
4
<br />''914 to 1,523 m:''
14
<br />''under 914 m:''
6 (2008)

== See also ==
* [[Camrail]]
* [[Cameroon]]
* [[African Integrated High Speed Railway Network]] ([[AIHSRN]])
* [[Railway stations in Cameroon]]

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== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061109041410/http://www.sundanceresources.com.au/documents/SDL_ScopingStudyWithReport_12-7-06_000.pdf Sundance Resources Ltd report]
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