Guinea’s President made the inaugural journey on the Compagnie du Transguinéen (CTG) passenger train, 148 km from Morébaya to Kassa. Should the line open to the public progressively as the Presidency says, with modern stations built along the double-track route, passengers would gain a rail service on a route the Presidency says is intended to link Morébaya port with the four Simandou mining blocks.
- The President of Guinea, Mamadi Doumbouya, made the inaugural journey on the Compagnie du Transguinéen (CTG) passenger train on 12 October 2026, departing from Morébaya.
- The locomotive KOMA hauled four passenger coaches 148 km from Morébaya to Kassa, in the locality of Ouré Kaba in Mamou prefecture, on a run of more than an hour, and the locomotive SANFINA took over for the return.
- The Presidency says the train is intended to link Morébaya port with the four Simandou mining blocks, crossing Guinea’s four natural regions.
- The Presidency says the line will open to the public progressively, with modern stations to be built along the double-track route.
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya made the inaugural journey on the Compagnie du Transguinéen (CTG) passenger train on 12 October 2026, travelling 148 km from Morébaya to Kassa, in the locality of Ouré Kaba in Mamou prefecture. The locomotive KOMA, named after the village of the Head of State, hauled four passenger coaches on a run of more than an hour. At Kassa the President visited the rail platform, and the locomotive SANFINA, named after the village of Djiba Diakité, took over for the return to Morébaya, where the train arrived without incident.
The train is intended to link Morébaya port with the four Simandou mining blocks, crossing Guinea’s four natural regions. The President was accompanied by the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, General Amara Camara; the Minister Director of Cabinet of the Presidency and President of the Simandou Strategic Committee, Djiba Diakité; and the Chief of Staff to the President, Fodé Amadou Fofana, together with advisers to the Presidency, members of the government and of the Strategic Committee, diplomats, local authorities and CTG leaders.
The Presidency says the journey is a strong signal in the commissioning of the Simandou project’s infrastructure, and that commissioning of the line is expected to mark the start of a new era for transport, trade and agriculture in Guinea. It places the line within the Simandou 2040 Programme.
The line will open to the public progressively, with modern stations to be built along the double-track route. No date for public service has been given.
The main line has 205 bridges, including the 2,115.94 metre Colomo II viaduct between Kassa and Ouré Kaba, the longest on the line, and four tunnels, among them the 11.6 km Kindia tunnel, which the Presidency presents as the longest railway tunnel in West Africa. The main line also has 1,170 culverts, 26 wildlife crossings and 29 road overbridges. Telecommunications and signalling equipment includes 139 pylons on the main line and 22 on the branch.
