A Master Plan for the rehabilitation and construction of a nationwide railway project is being developed by the Ministry of Transport to be executed by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation.
The project is to integrate new railway lines with existing ones from Nsawam to Kumasi, Ejisu to Paga and Tamale to Yendi.
It also includes the supply of rolling stock, as well as the integration of the Tema-Accra and Accra-Nsawam railway lines on standard gauge and the rehabilitation of the existing Accra-Nsawam rail line, including the supply of diesel units.
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Mrs Dzifa Aku Attivor, who announced the programme in Takoradi, noted that the operation of modern rail services had become highly competitive and that the survival of the Ghana Railway Services would require utmost efficiency and reliability.
Addressing the national executive council meeting of the Railway Workers Union in Takoradi, Mrs Attivor said the projects to be executed by the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation are expected to commence in 2011 under public-private partnership arrangements.
She said the rehabilitation of the Western Rail line was scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2011 and expected to be completed within one year, adding that offers had been received from some companies for the development of the Tema-Akosombo-Buipe Multimodal Transport and the Suburban Railway Services within the Accra-Tema metropolis under public-private partnership arrangements.
Mrs Attivor said it was the intention of the government to extend the commuter train services to densely populated areas such as Dansoman, Kasoa and Winneba on the Western Corridor and to Dodowa on the Eastern Corridor.
“Even as we are working to fulfil our side of the agreement, it is our expectation that workers demonstrate great dedication, honesty, hardwork and sacrifice, so that together we help build a better Ghana”, she advised the workers.
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