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ana ve~y substantially increase ~he m~ket f9r ~he industries'

. appr'oj:;':l80 kIn" -approx. 150 km.

appro~.

150

lqn

approx. 60

loB

f

apprOXe 40 kID

"

•

r

T6t~ Lagos-Accra app!ox. 600 km

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0'i

~

....

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: 1 ' ....

' . -4 It

~ 'r' ..I~

··These distances' I

coul.d pro'bably

b~' reduced if,

at the

.cost of

addi

tional

,:investment, it

were possible 'to a~oid

'tae

diversi~~s

by

Ifaw junction and Idawgaw in Nir,a+,i.~..a.nd A.kOSOIl))O in.;'Gh.a.na:· --'~This

.~. ..~..--._... . . .

inter-oonnexion would res~t in many advantages for ~aQh of

the

.countries

., ...

.

~... " -

.

- ... . . .. .

involved:

.'" .

(a) ,It wOul~ parmit

easy

·a.ndohea.p,

ccimmtinicationto

the int'e'ri'br of

the

West African zone where. the', poputation is denei'est:

~~r~ ~h~ 40

inhabitants

p~~ ~2 (~r

more than

100

I!sq. m)

. ' . . . . "

;~ t.~~ ~;g~t of Be~in reg~~~!, T.h~ total population directly

( . " .. ,

concerned

W~uld be ap~~q;4~~~e~y ~6,QOQ,,Q00 i~abit~t.s":J.

10,0'00,0001 'in

the we~t~rn p~OV;~Qe '~i '~~gerj.a" 2tOO~O,OOO,.in

'

& - ..r . . . ' . . ' , ...

southe~-Togo

and ·Dahomey

an~ 4t090~9?Q i~

sou;he:n

Oh~a

•.

(b) .

This inter~connexion

would,

subject

to certain reserves ,: ' enable wagons to

circulate between the

four

networks

of

.... - ~ - _ t ( "" . .

Ghana,.Togo, Dahomey and Nigeria constituting a network of

.. .

~,~O~ km o~ rail track

serving

more than 50,000,000 persons ,an~.

approiimately_l,330,OOO

km2.

(0)

, J ,

It would bring, the tw~ principal We.at Af~ioan poles, of. '

dev~io:~nia~t

- the

~egi~ns

,of Accr-a -,'Tema - Akosombo in',cahana ' :.

and of

"L~os

'iri

Ni'~~'~i~ ~ i~to di~ect.:~~nt,~ot

with each

·,:other-_ . . , - . ' " ~ .~t • .: .

ana

ve~y

substantially increase

~he m~ket

f9r

~he

industries'

;~~ab].'~~~~d i~ :t'h~~e ':a~~~s:t"~prorided-sja~,~t!'.

oo-ordine-tad .their, d~veiopment. It

would'11ab permit'the

establishment

in Togo

,!'.~,' .,~t".~- .... ~~ .'1 .\.~.,,-\ w" • • l f

and'Dahom'ey:.of':,·,induatries above 'the' scale of their

national

, '-. ".~ , " . . ; .'

-ina.rket:~:"thus· faci11t'a~~rig 'i~e~~

development.

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.:".: ·E/eN.l.4IT~/17 Page -61

,'-(d),:::,;·~i,t

r.

,w,ouid<~permi

t

,jc>int

use' 'of the

po·rt'~~,~.~::~he

Benin coast some of which (Lome - Cotonou ) risk. being_under-employed -, ~

~;,' . ':,'~.-":~~~': ... '~:'-",~, "::': ··':~~~,·:·~t~~~~ ·(L'~os).

choked and in this way would contrIbute"

'., :.; ';;[i

,~

.'.

',~" "~y ~'s·tablishi~.: n~;' t-r~f'i~ 'fi~ws ~

_·to,

i~~rovi~- ~.~~, _f?j.t~a~i"9~1.~\~~

'.

.;.

~.

.- ....

_;~.:.::.~.~ ~ '~'."

-'..

·-"-;~ftiie··-raiiwaYs

in

T~~O'~~d Dah~'~ey '~d' .~~-

t.he port of Cotonou \ :'

>, " : ' , j ; . , ~ , I • "~" i

which the improvement of navfga tion on the river Niger may·; :",:".

render

oritioal

~n a few year~•.

: . j \ . With respect to transport'\costs, this route seems cooipe~itive ,_.,',

. . . . , I ~ I " ,

~. , witb,.-,~h~'air route for" passengers' and the ,'mari time route"for \merohandi'ze~;

., ,"

~v . '

I ,~. IL.

I ~,.

, ' . ' . I

The distances between th~ ,ma:in towns and th~~. cost of :-~r~ travel in

~.!;

the

t6urist and't{rst

classes ar-e given .in :h,

P'~S

and Fr. 'i,CFA, in the

·;-,.r" ,

,;...l .' "J >.. &. . .. ' , &, -. . - " , I': ~_" .:-4~ ~, . . •( " , 1 . . ...

..-.-s .: table 'on: the foll'owing page.

~:.{ '~'··,l.... ' i, ~'. ' ; : ' ,~,I " , J

Division of this air cost ,(e~press~d in US$ 01 . 0 1 ) by.,~heidista.nce .;.:.~;J~_•

.:

~;,

r\which woUld have "to be

'tr~';ell~~

by rail

·c in km)

jor tb;e,

~ame'.

journeyI: -::

~~" ~~

. . . r :~ t , l , . . ." _ \ .. - ,

; ,.' gives

the

price, Km-passenger (in...

US$

_ . 0.01) which, ••makes the cost of~u ,', ':'rail travel the s'~me as

the'

co'st" of air travel:

.. -

_. - .-

-

-

.~-

--

~_...'"_--.....

-

....-_.. :D1Bt~C~" Price -in by rail cents by

in km air

, ;. ... ',~. ',Touris-t

class

'air:" \

Price equivalent Price inPrice-'-eqmvalent passenger - km cents by passenger - km

by rail air by rail

.,-, 4.27

--. I,' I'" E/CN~14/~S/17 Page ':..~~ ,.' .. ,_

Price of air "~ra-.,-el in.tourist and first class

t •

Lome 4,11

306

Accra 9~4

7.14

Lome ... ' ·,T'.-~" "2 flag'os'~''''>_..,

8';4 .

:~.

6.1 '

!~. km .r : ~d.

(Cotonob' '" 4.11

e ~

3.6

Accr~

6.15 500

Lago's x :_I' " 'C'oton~u' . 23000

ll-,oq '.- "~i2'~'80 8.30 18.90

14000

4,100 3,500 169

' j ~-.:. "

.' 403

c

-: ~~ ~ ~

295

..

.- ,

,169

'N'ote:. The;_distance ..

-be

twe en ·the· ccutre -of·..th~e town ·of -departUre'

an,f'

it~-'~~;~~'~~e"'

i';'-..- giver). ~n: km .'~9.:er ·the ~~~9 ~:f. ,tl.:1~, town'

of

",de~ar"f.;\l.!'e underlined in the 1st i,.". ~~·/~'cblu.rnn.·-, ,.~:-

....

~.

'-,,-' -,'

;,.'J, ' , " . ' . . . ' " ' : -' , .

, r .

.f> . . . ;

- ..' . . . . -. r.;-i." ..I.." : .• • ;

-.... -,..=--~_• •

--.; ... _._---,- --"'-~'"--t"·r"wr~\--b~·~seenthat if .~irpo:t't taxeB'.~e also talCen into accounf .:~

" the journeY/Iby raj.l ~Tith a t.~"t'iff of U8$,.",0.05' per passenger - kIn would

\ I·, I.. .» I '

. be slightly...che ape r than by" .~ir tourist class. Now tlie tariffs' actually

t ,"",• I.. \ . ~

charged by the ra.ilways of tha region are much lower than

USSO.05

per" I ' . , ·

',:passenger.~km

(of rail

tra.n~p'~'rt).

. . .. . .

t · \

," .

". ,.

•• . - . : . . . . .. . . . -I _ _ __ . ., .

Average takings pe~ passenger-~in

Ivory Coast

i I ' . • , .

Average takingG per pas senge r-ekm in Ghana

.I·'·---~~· ... ~--_... ., ... " ..' .. ,... ,- ....----~ ... -_...- ...

Average takings par passenger-km in Togo Average takings per passenger-km in Dahomey Average tak;inge per passenger-lan in Nigeria

US$

0.0096 ..

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E/cN • 14/

TRANS/l.7

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If the highest .tariff,is applied (Togo), the journe~ ~y~ail·would be fi'\!'e times cheapez- ~t~an

PY:

air tourist class; if the low~"sii tariffs' are applied (Ghana,. ;N::i:geriC!) it 1iOuld be eight times chaapar , ' , ',r

<

If comparisons; inste'a.d.of being made with an average "l;>ass:enger-kni"

tariff, are made w{th'ist and 2nd class tariffs, for which'information '.

~& . ,\'

from the Ivory Coast Olily is available: ~ ' ....

-. ' .,....

• 1

• & ; '

. ',;.. ..

Pasaengez--km 1st class tarif.f

-F:T ..

,--CFA

5.50

or US!SO.022 Passenger-kIn 2nd class tariff ~ ,. >Fr!, CFA 4~50·or US·$Q •.o18, it will .be aeen th~.t t~.e·qost of·

a:

jQurney by ~ir" tour·ist ckass , would '. 'd:

be a I ittle more than double the fi.rst. class .and at mcat, .treble·.the~ s e corid ' class rail fare for the same distance.

,. • •• • • j ~ • . . .. ~ ~

It is probable" ~her~fore, that cheaper fares 'will lead :many passengers' to choose rail travel, 'despi te the' longer travel time,. particularly' for··.. ·\ 'i, the shortes~l jOUXl1~ys,,··.~~d,~l·~so ,enable'.a new class to travel,.

For goods I # • .

.

..

• A ~.l.,

,~ J ( I • •- 1 , ..

~o~ ,goods, this r.out~ se ema to be ~.~eap'er than rnari ti~e.:transport ,.~

beoause of the extent of the terminal charges of the latter, which

are

particularly high for low tonnage despatches or for cases, of steel for' example ,. whi~h are d~·fficult, to- h and.l,e.r These, charg,es . are approximately US$ 4 per ton representing, at depart.-qre -andrar-r-Lval,".the equivalent of

a rail journey of 200 km at US$ 0.02 per

T/km,{or

150 km• r-> at~US3.. 0.028 per T/km). As the di.stanoes to be cover'ad 'are small, thea'e ter~in~l . "

charges

are very importabt for

(at·UB$'o.oi

per'

T/km~ they on'their .' own represent the equivalent of a rail'"journey fr'om'T'ema to Cofonou •

..

• , ' _ J

The high rate of maritime freightage along the West African coast is a further argument in favour" of ihis:link. The following 'tariffs

It

. were quoted. in a atudy made in Dakar .in-1,9~3:- "_

Dakar

'--Bathurst

Dakar - Conkary

Dakar - Freetown

Dakar -

Monrovia

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