Guinea: A total of 10 ballast hoppers, 10 container flatcars, four passenger coaches, and one luggage carriage have been produced for the 135 km Kamsar–Sangarédi line with a track gauge of 1,435 mm. The coaches will allow for resuming passenger service, which was closed six years ago.
The rolling stock worth $4.2 mln has been purchased by the mining company CBG with support from ANAIM (National Agency for the Development of Mining Infrastructure) and other operators of the line.
Unloading of CRRC ballast hoppers for Guinea. Source: CBG
In 2021–2022, CRRC also supplied the SMB-Winning consortium with the rolling stock for the Guinea bauxite railway, connecting the Santou mine with Dapilon Port. To serve the line, the Chinese manufacturer produced 17 diesel locomotives (the DF8B (CDD5B1), CDA5A1, and CDA5C1 series) and 500 gondola cars with a payload of 80 tonnes.
In addition, the Trans-Guinean Railway of 625 km is currently under construction. The production of the ES43ACmi diesel locomotives for the route is carried out by Wabtec in India.
