Accra Trotro

There is a new Accra trotro station at Ayigbe town junction on the Ring Road West, a few meters from Abossey Okai Happy Days. The trotro buses board to Accra Central via Latebiokorshie estate junction, Korle Bu junction, UTC, Agbado, Akoto Lante,Post Office and finally Arena. The return route is through Tudu, Graphic Road or Latebiokorshie Zongo junction route. This new trotro station saves time and effort for commuters at Latebiokorshie, Zongo, Abossey Okai and Old Fadama who hitherto had to trek to Kaneshie, about two kilometers away, for boarding.

Most trotro buses are off the streets of Accra because the operators say they will incur losses if they reduce passenger capacity as directed by government. Government has asked all trotro buses to create more space between passengers in the trotro buses to minimize the spread of the covid 19 virus. But this directive has been met with defiance because low number of passengers reduces their earnings without corresponding compensation from government. Still more, its seen as an act of bad faith on the part of the state which has not hitherto reduced the price of fuel or taxes on automobile spare imports. Previously, the trotro drivers had accused the authorities of dishonoring a long time convention of bi annual increment of trotro fares. So they deem the current request as an aggr...

Overlooking the Asylum Down suburb Fedex area from the South. The Kawkudi to Tema station trotro route  lies to the right, at  the first turn right.  Though Asylum Down is not serviced by trotro buses, occasionally buses looking to void dense traffic along the Road Ring do pass through to their destinations.

The trotro route from Osu to Madina and 37 pass through the Lands Commission in Accra. This photo shows the intersection just before the left turn that goes to 37 and Madina.

This photo shows the  Nkrumah Circle Accra trotro route that goes through Adabraka. The overpass goes leftwards towards the first stop at Vienna City, continues to Dans Bar and Roxy, on the way to Accra. The high rise is the GCB Bank.

Looking across the 37 Labadi trotro route. The Palm Wine trotro bus stop is located at the left in the photo, opposite the Shell fuel station seen right in this photo. This trotro route takes right to Wireless, Maami and Accra, whilst continuing onwards goes to Nungua.

The Osu trotro bus route to 37 goes through the Cantonments with stops at the Police Hospital, Morning Star school, GIS and the Cantonments Post Office. In this photo, the section of the route between the 37 Military Hospital and the Lands Department is seen. Up this street, the bus will make a left turn towards the 37 bus terminal. The road straight up goes to the Airport through the Aviation Social Center.

The  37 Nungua trotro routes serves  vehicles from Achimota, Lapaz, Madina and Legon moving towards Tema or the Eastern section of the City of Accra. It travels through the Elwak highway which has trotro bus stops at  Survey, Bongo junction, Villas, Soul Clinic, Palm Wine and T Junction. This signage stands behind the Elwak stadium.

The right lane of the Accra SG Headquarters segment of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Osu  trotro route is shown in this early morning photo. To avoid traffic and to pick passengers along the shoulder lane, trotro buses en route to Labadi, Nungua, Tema and Adenta would drive along the outer lane till they get to Paloma where the road merges into the two lane interchange. This trotro route has a stop at Paloma, Mobil, MultiChoice, GBC, and Sankara where drivers take left to 37, Madina, Adenta or straight to Osu, Labadi.

The Atlantic Building is seen to the right as a Nima Tema Station trotro bus passes through the Kanda Highway. The Tema Station route begins from Nima, travels through the northern sections of Kanda, meanders across the Ministries and finally ends at Tema station in  South Accra.

Map showing major trotro stations in Accra. For an exhaustive list, please see the section for Accra trotro stations here -