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== Railways in Gabon == thumb Until the 1970s, Gabon had no railroads. A 936 km railroad construction program, the Trans-Gabon Railway, began in October 1974. In its first stage, completed in 1983, the project linked the port of Owendo with the interior city of Booué (332 km). The second stage, completed in December 1986, linked Booué with Franceville (357 km) via Moanda, thus facilitating exports of manganese from the southeast and forestry exploitation in the same region. A proposed third stage would continue the line from Booué to Belinga in the northeast, where there are iron ore deposits. In 2003 the railway began the process of installing a satellite based telecommunications system.〔(Railway telecom system 2003 )〕 As of 2004, Gabon State Railways totalled 814 km of standard-gauge track. ''total:'' 814 km (Gabon State Railways or OCTRA) ''standard gauge:'' 814 km 1.435-m gauge; single track (1994) 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「Transport in Gabon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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