Transport in Guinea

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total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge
metre gauge: 807 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)^{[citation needed]}

The lines do not all connect.

Cities served by rail

Northern line

This line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge (standard gauge) and carries about 12,000,000 t (11,810,478 LT; 13,227,736 ST) per annum.

• Port Kamsar - port
• Boké
• Sangarédi - bauxite mine

Central line

This line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge and head off in a northwestern direction.

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Dubréka
• Fria - bauxite mine

Southern line

This line is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge. Conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge has been proposed.^[1]

• Conakry - capital and port.
• Kindia - provincial capital.
• Kolèntèn
• Konkouré - several km north of railway
• Mamou - provincial capital
• Kégnégo
• Dabola - junction and break of gauge
• Bissikrima
• Cisséla -
• Kouroussa - bridge over Niger River
• Kankan - terminus and provincial capital.

This line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in).

• Dabola - junction and break of gauge
• Tougué - bauxite ^[2]

South Western line

This line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) and parallels the Southern line.

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