The NPP Government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised to totally revamp the railway sector by 2020 - this will include the Western corridor rail line linking to Ivory Coast.
But how realistic is this dream of constructing over 500-kilometre rail system in less than two years?
At first, it was the 2013 master plan by the NDC government.
The master plan proposed the construction of about 407 kilometres of new railway network across the country.
The six-phase project also sought to rehabilitate existing rail lines, the extension of the central corridor, as well as the extension of the trans-ECOWAS line.
The extension of both the western and eastern corridor rail lines was also captured in the master plan.
This beautifully drafted plan was never realized, leaving the country’s rail sector in a sorry state.
Fast forward to 2017, the NPP government says it has what it takes to transform the railway sector under the 2020 rail sector transformation agenda.
Minister for Railway Development Joe Gartey said the transformation process has already begun - this he showed in a minute video showing a massive construction work ongoing across the country.
Watch video below to see the transformation process
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