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Transnet SOC Ltd, led by its chairperson Dr Popo Molefe, signed a rail revitalisation agreement with Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) and Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) that will see the restoration of the Western Railway Line in Ghana.

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo and the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa witnessed the historic agreement at a signing ceremony in Ghana.

The signing ceremony is the culmination of a process which started in 2018 with a signing of a Joint Statement of Intent between Ghana’s Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey and South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan.

This rail agreement between the two countries and rail entities (Transnet, GRDA and GRCL) seeks to bring back to full operation Ghana’s narrow gauge between Takoradi and Tarkwa. The first phase of this major railway project will entail the following:

· Rehabilitating and maintaining the line;
· Refurbishing and maintaining the existing rolling stock (locomotives and wagons);
· Supplying additional rolling stock;
· Jointly operating the line; and
· Skills development.