Dr. Frederick Appoh, Executive Director of the Ghana Railway Development Authority, has announced plans to reactivate the Kojokrom railway in the Western Region.
The Kojokrom rail lines, inaugurated in 2016, include a five-kilometre track from Kojokrom to Sekondi and a 10-kilometre track from Kojokrom to Takoradi, with four stations at Sekondi Prisons, Ketan, Butuah, and Essaman.
The 15-kilometre suburban railway, which cost the state $165 million, was designed to improve the movement of goods and passengers in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Friday, November 14, 2025, Dr. Appoh said efforts are ongoing to revive the line using a model similar to the Tema–Mpakadan service.
“With the Western Region, we are working with the Ghana Railway Company Limited on that. There is an ongoing exercise. Once we are done, we will look at how to resume the Kojokrom service. We are determined that the two DMUs are put to use. We are working to look at how we can adopt the Tema to Mpakandan model similarly on that line,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, presenting the 2026 Budget to Parliament, revealed that the government has secured funding to construct the 300-kilometre Eastern Railway Line from Accra to Kumasi, with work scheduled to begin in 2026.
The move forms part of a broader government effort to revive Ghana’s rail network, reduce transport costs, support mining, and better connect inland production zones to ports.
