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Lomé–Blitta railway

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During the period of military occupation until 1922, the railway was operated under the Togoland Military Railway (TMR) name, with operations handled by Gold Coast Government Railways, the railway of the neighboring
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growing areas. Several rivers had to be crossed, which led to a series of up and down gradients in the route and bridge constructions. The 163 km long section to
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The French colonial power continued to expand the railway line beginning in the 1930s. From Agbonou on the Lomé–Atakpame railway, a 113 km long line to
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transport. After the withdrawal of passenger services between Lomé and Blitta in mid-1998, and their reinstatement in November 1998, a
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The section from Agbonou to Atakpame has since been closed. A 58 km long branch line was opened in 1979, linking Togblekovhe and
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after the First World War, with the whole railway network located in the part of the country now administered by France under a
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had been started, but was stopped due to a lack of funds. A connection to railway lines in
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The line continued to operate as the main line of the railway network in Togo, even after
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Die Eisenbahnen der ehemaligen deutschen Schutzgebiete Afrikas und ihre Fahrzeuge
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runs to Blitta on Saturdays, with the return service running on Sundays.
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ore deposits there, but that did not happen because of the start of the
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Die Eisenbahnen in den einst deutschen Schutzgebieten. Damals und heute
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Die Kolonialbahnen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Afrikas
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at km 2.7. Construction and operation was assigned to the
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Deutsche Kolonial-Eisenbahn Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft
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The railway line was built from 1908 during the German
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was completed in April 1911. The remaining section to
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It was also called 1105:Lomé–Kpalimé railway 16:Railway line in Togo 1042:Lomé–Blitta railway 22:Lomé–Blitta railway 1351:Helmut Schroeter: 1195:French West Africa 1129:Kamina Funkstation 1101:Lomé–Aného railway 1068:(cotton railway). 918:Kamina Funkstation 1257:978-3-8262-0233-9 1165:League of Nations 1038: 1037: 1034: 1033: 1030: 1029: 1026: 1025: 1436: 1398: 1397: 1379: 1368: 1349: 1343: 1342: 1324: 1318: 1317: 1307: 1298: 1297: 1291: 1283: 1273: 1264: 1245: 1180: 1125: 1113: 1066: 1054: 1000: 992: 991: 967: 966: 960: 959: 941: 940: 934: 933: 900: 899: 875: 874: 852: 851: 829: 828: 806: 805: 781: 780: 759: 758: 736: 735: 713: 712: 688: 687: 665: 664: 640: 639: 615: 614: 590: 589: 565: 564: 543: 542: 520: 519: 497: 496: 475: 474: 453: 452: 428: 427: 403: 402: 381: 380: 356: 355: 333: 332: 311: 310: 288: 287: 263: 262: 236: 235: 211: 210: 187: 186: 172: 156: 155: 144: 131: 117: 111: 105: 103: 102: 98: 95: 87: 70: 68: 31: 19: 1444: 1443: 1439: 1438: 1437: 1435: 1434: 1433: 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Index


Atakpamé
Track gauge
metre gauge
Legend
Pier in Lome
de
from Aného
Lomé
to Kpalimé
Agueve
Tsewie
Kolokovhe
Lilikovhe
Amakpavhe
Kpele
Nuatjä
Agbonou
Feldbahn
Kamina Funkstation
Atakpame
Blitta
Togo
hinterland
colonial era
cotton
Agbonou
Atakpame
Lomé
Lomé–Aného railway

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