Rail operations resume on Western corridor

Accra, July 25, GNA - Rail haulage of bauxite from the mines of the Ghana Bauxite company at Awaso and Nsuta to the Takoradi port in the Western Region has resumed after trial runs by the Ghana Railway Company Limited following the May 15 accident involving two bauxite trains.

A release signed by Mr Ahmed Ayuba, Special Assistant to the Minister of Harbours and Railways, on Friday said the resumption of the rail operations would improve the financial inflow of the Ghana Railway Company and will also reduce the huge financial burden of the Company. It said the resumption will also enhance the capacity of the Company to pay salaries and other wages of its employees, as it awaited the injection of critical funding from the private sector investment. "Government has also sourced 90 million dollars to be used as financial equity to attract investors for the construction of a new standard gauge rail line from Takoradi to Kumasi and Hamile in the Upper West Region," it added.

The haulage of bauxite was suspended on May 15, this year following the accident involving two bauxite trains on the western line.