Sitarail

Sitarail is a private company that has the concession to operate railway lines formerly operated by national governments in West and Central Africa. Countries include:

Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso
Cameroon

Sitarail is part of the Bolloré group.^[1]

Timeline

2016

Operations were severely affected in September 2016 by the partial collapse of the Nzi River Bridge, near Dimbokro. The bridge was repaired in 15 days.
Under Bolloré operatorship Sitarail have acquired
- 4 × GT26CU-3 clones NRE CC33201-CC33204
- 4 × GT26CU-3 clones NRE CC33205-CC33208 (contract built by TŽV Gredelj in Croatia)
Grindrod Locomotives are Currently delivering
- 5 × 16-645 powered AC/AC units CC33209-CC33213
- 6 × 700HP shunters (believed to be AC traction)
Six locomotives of an order for 16 ordered from Grindrod Locomotives^[2] for use in IvoryCoast and Burkina Faso.^[3]^[4] The locomotives are numbered CC33201-CC33216.

References

^ "Key rail bridge for Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso trade collapses".
^ "Welcome Aboard - Grindrod Locomotives". Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
^ "Locomotives for Sitarail". Railwaysafrica.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ "Creamer Media Login".