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Rail transport in Benin
Benin has a total of of single track, (metre gauge) railway. It does not, as of 2009, share railway links with adjacent countries. Niger possesses no railways to connect to and, while the other surrounding countries, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso, do have railway networks, no connections have been built. In 2006, an Indian proposal appeared, which aims to link the railways of Benin with Niger and Burkina Faso.〔(Development )〕 Benin will be a participant in the AfricaRail project.
==History==
The first railway in Benin was opened during the French colonial rule in 1906, between the port of Cotonou and Ouidah. It was constructed in and was long. By 1936 the line was further extended to Parakou, totalling and became known as the Northern Line.
An eastern branch from Cotonou to Pobé was added ( ) as well as a western branch from Pahou on the Northern Line to Segboroué ( ).〔(Sinfin.Net - Railways of the World - Benin )〕
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