RAIL
NETWORK
5.9
Poor
State
of
Rail
Network
and
Limited
use
of
Rail
Transport
The
Ghana
Railways
Company
Limited
has
not
been
able
to
fully
carry
out
any
of
the
activities
indicated
in
the
NPoA.
This
is
mainly
due
to
lack
of
funds
as
the
concessionaries
who
were
given
the
network
have
failed
to
secure
the
necessary
funding
for
implementation
of
the
rehabilitation
and
extension
projects.
Due
to
this
development,
the
Government
of
Ghana
is
looking
for
a
partner
to
undertake
the
projects
on
Public-‐Private
Partnership
basis.
The
Company
would
advice
that
a
thorough
feasibility
study
should
be
carried
out
to
capture
the
realities
on
the
ground
so
as
to
be
able
to
provide
a
realistic
project
cost.
A
major
strike
action
which
was
undertaken
by
workers
of
the
Ghana
Railway
Company
for
over
two
(2)
months
greatly
affected
the
mining
sector
especially
the
Ghana
Manganese
Company
and
the
Bauxite
Company
since
they
heavily
depended
on
rail
transport
for
the
bulk
of
their
materials
to
the
Takoradi
port.
As
a
means
of
mitigating
this
situation
in
the
near
future,
mining
companies
have
resorted
to
contract
transport
firms
to
transport
their
materials
and
produce
by
road
which
also
goes
to
increase
their
operational
cost.
5.9.1
Rehabilitate
Accra-‐Tema-‐Nsawam
Network
for
Passenger
and
Freight
The
Ghana
Railways
Company
Limited
has
not
been
able
to
rehabilitate
the
entire
rail
line
on
this
corridor.
Rehabilitation
works
have
been
carried
out
from
the
Achimota
Station
to
Asoprochona
Station
with
rehabilitation
works
currently
ongoing
from
Asoprochona
to
Tema
Station.
The
Ghana
Railways
Company
Limited
says
that
the
Accra-‐Nsawam
network
is
yet
to
begin
although
initial
works
have
been
carried
out.
The
Railways
Company
points
out
that
rehabilitation
work
carried
out
on
the
Achimota
–
Asoprochona
network
saw
huge
project
cost
overrun
as
a
result
of
providing
new
track
formations
at
certain
sections
which
had
been
badly
degraded
due
to
channeling
of
effluents
from
nearby
settlements.
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