The managing director of the Transgabonais Exploitation Company (SETRAG), Patrick Claes, has just announced that his company has just received a cost of 6.5 million euros, or about 4.3 billion CFA francs, the last 5 cars of which 17 had been delivered 8 months ago. These are intended to modernize the equipment of the railway line that dates back to the 1970s.
From September, these cars will make up the trains of the single line of railway that connects the station of Owendo (maritime facade) to that of Franceville (South-East) distant more than 600 kilometers.
Since 2016, Gabon has undertaken to gradually renew its aging rail infrastructure.
Antoine Lawson