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The history of rail transport in Togo began in 1905. == German colonial period == The basics of the rail network in Togo were laid during the German colonial period. The lines built in the then German Togo (Togoland) served mainly to facilitate the export of agricultural products. The long was the first to be built in Togoland. It went into service in 1905. The used for that line set the standard for future Togo railway construction. On 27 January 1907, the birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Togo's second railway, the long , was opened. The protectorate's third line, , was constructed from 1908, and completed to its full length of in 1913. It branched off the Lomé–Kpalimé railway at a point from Lomé, and was the only line in Togo to be extended during the subsequent French mandate. At the end of the German colonial period, Togo had a long rail network. Its rail vehicle fleet consisted of 18 tank locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and 202 goods wagons. As the rail network at that time was laid out in the shape of a star focused on Lomé, its assets were able to be used very economically, with vehicle maintenance centralized at Lomé in a main workshop. The operating personnel, including the mechanics, were mainly indigenous, and were predominantly Ewe people. The train drivers, however, were always German, and the operating language was German. The staff consisted of 768 locals and 26 Europeans.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of rail transport in Togo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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