The feasibility study is to develop a railway corridor between Kumasi and Paga to improve rail and logistics infrastructure, as part of an integrated transport network in Ghana and which will link up with neighboring Burkina Faso.

The project also seeks to improve rail transport services for passenger and freight, thereby reducing the cost of transportation, especially in trade to and from the the hinterland and the Northern regions of Ghana, as well as to Burkina Faso and other Sahelian countries.