On June 16, 2021, the Guinea Dasheng Railway, which was constructed by the China Railway 21st Bureau Electric Power Company and operated and managed by the Transportation Management Company, officially opened and put into operation. At the opening ceremony, the President of Guinea Alfa Conte highly praised the construction speed of the Guinea Dasheng Railway.

The Dasheng Railway runs from Dablong Port to the Shengtu Mine, located in the Bokai and Jindia districts in northwestern Guinea. It has a total length of 125 kilometers, 5 stations, and a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour. It is independently constructed and operated by the Win Alliance investment. Heavy-duty railway for transporting ore. The railway is the first modern railway in Guinea and West Africa, and the first heavy-duty railway constructed with Chinese standards, Chinese technology and Chinese equipment.

Since the start of construction in May 2019, China Railway 21st Bureau and other participating units have adhered to high standards and high quality, and used professionalism and ingenuity to build overseas quality projects. Participating employees overcome many difficulties such as tight schedule, difficult environment, lack of materials, and the impact of the new crown epidemic and Ebola epidemic, carefully organized and continuously fought to successfully achieve the goals of each node.

During the construction, China Railway 21st Bureau undertook to build a full line of communication, signal, power system integration and related projects. For the first time in Guinea and even West Africa, the wiring technology with separated upper and lower wiring was adopted to achieve the effect of easy maintenance and the beauty of the process; in communication scheduling For the first time, the IP phone and video surveillance system are incorporated into the system to comprehensively improve the utilization of software and hardware resources, reduce equipment procurement costs and facilitate subsequent maintenance. It also undertakes the task of operation and maintenance management of the railway line, organizes 15 batches of employees to enter the site to carry out early intervention work, completes transportation scheduling and command, train organization, freight organization, maintenance and management of industrial and electrical equipment, etc., and realizes joint commissioning and testing on schedule. Test train operation and ore loading trial operation targets ensured the safe operation of Dasheng Railway. Editor/Tian Zengpeng