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Railways in Sub-Saharan Africa

The changed role of rail in Africa over the last thirty years has seen it move from a situation where many of the systems were carrying a high share of their country's traffic to one in which their market share has declined, their assets have...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENT COSTS ACCIDENT RATES ACCIDENTS AIM AIR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES ARTERIAL ROAD ARTERIAL ROUTES ARTICULATED TRUCKS AVERAGE PASSENGER BAGGAGE BORDER CROSSING BRIDGE BRIDGES BUS BUS FARES BUS SERVICES BUSES CAR CARRIAGES CEMENT COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMUTER SERVICES CONCESSIONS CONCRETE CONGESTION CONGESTION ON ROADS CONGESTION REDUCTION CONSIGNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERS CORRIDOR CROSSING CUSTOMS DELIVERIES DEPOTS DESIGN SPEED DIESEL DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES DISPATCH DRAINAGE EARTHWORKS ELASTICITIES FARES FATALITY FATALITY RATE FEEDER ROADS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FLEETS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT MARKET FREIGHT MARKETS FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT SERVICE FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL SAVINGS GENERATORS GOODS TRANSPORT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HANDLING HAULAGE HEAVY VEHICLES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY NETWORKS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION INTERCITY TRANSPORT INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN JOURNEY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOAD FACTORS LOADING LOCOMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVE AVAILABILITY LONG-DISTANCE LONG-DISTANCE PASSENGER LONGER DISTANCES MEANS OF TRANSPORT MINIBUS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MOBILITY MODAL SHARE MODE OF TRANSPORT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT PARCELS PASSENGER RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRAIN PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGER TRAVEL PASSENGER TRIPS PASSENGERS PASSENGERS PER DAY PATRONAGE PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POPULATION DENSITIES PORT ACCESS PORTS PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC RAILWAYS RAIL RAIL ACCESS RAIL CONNECTIONS RAIL CUSTOMERS RAIL FARES RAIL FREIGHT RAIL FREIGHT TARIFFS RAIL INVESTMENT RAIL LINES RAIL LINK RAIL NETWORK RAIL NETWORKS RAIL OPERATOR RAIL PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT RAIL ROUTES RAIL SECTOR RAIL SERVICES RAIL TRACK RAIL TRANSPORT RAILS RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANIES RAILWAY CONCESSION RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAY PERFORMANCE RAILWAY PROJECT RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS REDUCTIONS IN TRAFFIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CONGESTION ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD DAMAGE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SYSTEM ROAD TARIFFS ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROAD VEHICLE EMISSIONS ROAD VEHICLES ROLLING STOCK ROUTE ROUTES ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SAFETY SLEEPERS SPEED SPEEDS SPREADING STEEL STONE STRUCTURES SUBGRADE TAMPING TAXIS TERRAIN THROUGH TRAFFIC TIMBER TIMBER SLEEPERS TONNAGE TRACK CAPACITY TRACK GEOMETRY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC GROWTH TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAFFIC UNITS TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT PROBLEMS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSSHIPMENT TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRUCKS TRUE TYPES OF ROAD URBAN RAIL URBAN TRAFFIC URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION VEHICLE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WAGONS WALKING WAREHOUSES WHEELS
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