Abidjan Metro
| Métro d'Abidjan | |
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| Overview | |
| Native name | Métro d'Abidjan |
| Locale | Abidjan |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 20 |
| Operation | |
| Operation will start | 2028 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 37.5 km (23 mi 24 ch) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | Yes |
 | This article needs to be updated. (October 2022) |
The Abidjan Metro (French: Métro d'Abidjan) is a 37.5-kilometre (23.3 mi) rapid transit network under construction serving the Ivorian economic capital of Abidjan. Construction of the network started in November 2017,[1] with the beginning of passenger service originally expected in 2022–2023,[2] but has since been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to at least 2028.[3] Initially planned to comprise a single line with 13 stations undertaken by Bouygues-Dongsan, a French-Korean consortium,[4][5][6][7][8] the project has since then been expanded to a single north–south line with 20 stations, financed 100% by France and built solely by three French groups (Bouygues, through its subsidiaries Bouygues Travaux Publics and Colas Rail, Alstom, and Keolis) after the withdrawal of the South Korean partners from the consortium in October 2017.[1]
Built mostly as an overground and elevated railway in order to avoid more costly tunnels, its automated trains with a driver present in the cabin will be able to run at a top speed of 80 km/h (50 miles/hour) and a maximum frequency of about every 2 minutes.[9] Line 1 of the Abidjan metro is expected to transport 500,000 passengers per day (180 million per year).[9] Construction of line 1 will cost 920 billion CFA francs (1.4 billion euros; 1.7 billion US dollars), entirely financed by France via the French Treasury and the French Development Agency.[10]
In 2018 the Ivorian government was planning for a second line of the Abidjan Metro, an east–west line which would run from Yopougon to Bingerville.[10]
Stations
[edit]Line 1
[edit]- Anyama Centre (Anyama is a northern suburb of Abidjan)
- Anyama Sud
- Abobo Nord
- Abobo Intermédiaire
- Abobo Centre
- Abobo Banco
- Abobo Université
- Gare Internationale
- Adjamé Agban
- Adjamé Délégation
- Plateau Centre (the central business district of Abidjan)
- Plateau Lagune
- Treichville
- Treichville Hôpital
- Marcory Canal
- Marcory Centre
- VGE (boulevard named after French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)
- Akwaba
- Port-Bouët (a southern suburb of Abidjan)
- Aérocité (at Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport)
Anyama Centre, Akwaba, Port-Bouët, and Aérocité stations should open in mid-2023.[2] All other stations should open in mid-2022.[2]
Rolling stock
[edit]The government has awarded French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom the contract to supply 20 five-car Metropolis trains equipped with CBTC. [11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Côte d'Ivoire : Lancés par Ouattara et Macron, les travaux du métro d'Abidjan seront achevés en 2022 – Jeune Afrique". 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Infrastructures économiques : Tout savoir sur le métro d'Abidjan". 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Le ministre des Transports satisfait de l'avancement des travaux du métro d'Abidjan" (in French). Agence ivoirienne de presse (AIP). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Abidjan to have modern metro system by 2020". News Ghana. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ "Abidjan Metro". Railways Africa. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ Railways Africa 5/2015 p07
- ^ "Abidjan metro concession signed". Railway Gazette. 2015-07-08. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire: Bouygues-Dongsan consortium to build €1.3 billion metro train". agence ecofin. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ a b "Abidjan.net Documents" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Métro d'Abidjan : Encore en chantier, la deuxième ligne est déjà envisagée".
- ^ "Construction starts on Line 1 of Abidjan Metro". railjournal. 11 January 2023.
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