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[[File:Strada Conakry- Boffa Guinea.jpg|thumb|300px|Three men hold on to the back of a moving [[matatu]], Guinea, 2014.]]
'''Transport in Guinea'''  is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to [[Kankan]] ceased operating in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sinfin.net/railways/world/guinea.html|title=Railways in Guinea|website=sinfin.net|access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref> Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire. Domestic air services are intermittent. [[Conakry International Airport]] is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe.

Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials.

Iron mining at [[Simandou mine|Simandou]] (North and South blocks) in the southeast is leading to the construction of a new heavy-haul [[Transguinean Railways|standard gauge railway]] and deep-water port. Bauxite mining at [[Kalia, Faranah|Kalia]] in the east is may link to this line. 

== Railways ==
{{Main|Rail transport in Guinea}}
[[File:Railways in Guinea.svg|350px|thumb|{{legend|#990000|1000 mm gauge tracks}}{{legend|#990099|1435 mm gauge tracks}}]]
''total:''
1,155km<br>''[[standard gauge]]:'' 366km {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge<br>''[[metre gauge]]:'' 789km {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge (includes 662km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4ygDSYZv2oC&q=kankan+to+conakry+common+carrier+service&pg=PA210|title=The World Factbook|last=United States Central Intelligence Agency|year=1997|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref>

The lines do not all connect.
=== Santou - Dapilon ===
This 125km long [[Standard Gauge|standard gauge]] railway connects bauxite mines in the Santou II and Houda areas with a new port at Dapilon, both places in the north of Guinea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dapilon-Santou Rail Project |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/dapilon-santou-rail-project/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-US}}</ref><ref> {{cite web |last=International |first=Railway Gazette |date=2021-06-28 |title=Guinean bauxite railway inaugurated |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/guinean-bauxite-railway-inaugurated/59390.article |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Railway Gazette International }} </ref>

See: [https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/dapilon-santou-rail-project/ Boffa-Boke Railway]

=== Chemin de Fer de Boké ===

This 136km long [[standard gauge]] railway connects bauxite mines at Sangaredi with Port Kamsar and carries about {{convert|12000000|t|LT ST|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} per annum.

=== Chemin de fer de Conakry – Fria ===
This 127km line is {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge and heads off in a northwestern direction. It shares its first 16km with Chemin de Fer de Guinee.

=== Chemin de Fer de Guinee ===

This 662km line is {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge. [[Gauge conversion|Conversion]] to {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge has been proposed.

=== Societe des Bauxites de Kindia (SBK) ===
This 105km line is standard gauge and parallels the Chemin de Fer de Guinee line between Canakry and Sofonia.

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/icao/GUCY.html Rail Map (red dots)] [http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Conakry.shtml Rail Map (gray lines)]

=== TransGuinean Railway (under construction 2025) ===
The [[Transguinean Railways|Transguinean Railway]] will be 622km long and of {{RailGauge|1435mm}} ([[standard gauge]]).  It goes from Simandou iron ore mines in the south east to a new port at [[Matakong]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Tom |date=2024-01-07 |title=World’s biggest mining project to start after 27 years of setbacks and scandals |url=https://www.ft.com/content/80f37963-c718-4f8b-8d77-0f0d5b1c99fe |access-date=2025-01-11 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamgroup.it/field/transport/transport2/transguinean.htm|title=Transguinean|website=www.teamgroup.it|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>

=== Timeline ===
'''2021'''

* Santou - Dapilon commenced operation.

==== 2019 ====

* [[Télimélé]] - [[Boffa, Guinea|Boffa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guinea railway between Télimélé and Boffa |url=https://www.railwaysafrica.com/projects/guinea-railway-between-t%C3%A9lim%C3%A9l%C3%A9-and-boffa |access-date= |website=www.railwaysafrica.com}}</ref>

==== 2008 ====

* July 2008 - wobbles over [[Simandou]] leases <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23855122-5001641,00.html |title=Rio's Simandou blue is no hiccup, despite assurances |access-date=2018-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731130458/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23855122-5001641,00.html |archive-date=2008-07-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* four ex-Croatian locomotives refurbished and regauged in Russia <ref>[[Railway Gazette International]] February 2008 p73</ref>

==== 1994 ====

* Progress <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1994/9214094.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629014647/http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1994/9214094.pdf |archive-date=2003-06-29 |url-status=live|title=The Mineral Industry of Guinea|last=Izon|first=David|date=June 1995|website=minerals.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>

=== Statistics ===
* [http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=gv&v=113 Length]

== Highways ==
''total:''
30,500&nbsp;km
<br>''paved:''
5,033&nbsp;km
<br>''unpaved:''
25,467&nbsp;km (1996 est.)

The [[Trans–West African Coastal Highway]] crosses Guinea, connecting it to [[Bissau]] ([[Guinea-Bissau]]), and when construction in [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS).

== Waterways ==
1,295&nbsp;km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

== Ports and harbors ==
* [[Boké]], [[Conakry]], [[Kamsar]]

== Merchant marine ==
none (1999 est.)

== Airports ==
{{main|List of airports in Guinea}}
15 (1999 est.)

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
''total:''
5
<br>''over 3,047 m:''
1
<br>''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
1
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
3 (1999 est.)

The airport code for the capital, Conakry, is CKY.

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
''total:''
10
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
5
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:''
4
<br>''under 914 m:''
1 (1999 est.)

== See also ==
* [[Economy of Guinea]]
* [[Rail transport in Guinea]]
* [[Railway stations in Guinea]]
* [[Transguinean Railways]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://archive.today/20130116061354/http://g.co/maps/5waez Google maps Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Guinea]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=CKY Aviation Safety CKY Guinea]
* [http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/a1660cky.cfm AZ World Airports Guinea]

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