Railway stations in Angola
1067mm gauge tracks,
610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed
Railway stations in Angola include:
Towns served by rail
North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)
(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
- Luanda - port - national capital ; junction
- Funda
- Cabiri - branch terminus
- Sambizanga
- Rangel
- Cazenga - workshops
- Viana (23 km) - suburban station; stadium[5]
- (junction)
- Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication [4]
- Camizunzo
- Catete
- Zenza do Itombe - junction
- Beira Alta (Angola, Cuanza Norte)
- Canhoca - junction
- Cambondo - branch terminus
- N'dalatando
- Cacuso
- Lombe
- Malanje (479 km) - terminus
- Golungo Alto - branch terminus
- Bungo
- Texatang
- Boa Vista
- Cazenga - workshops
- Luinha - short branch
- Luanda
- Barra do Dande proposed new port [7]
Middle line
(610mm gauge = closed)
- Porto Amboim - port
- Gabela - terminus at mine
Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)
(all 1067 mm gauge)
- Lobito - port
- Catumbela
- Benguela - port
- Catengue
- Cubal - 171 km
- Ganda
- Caála - junction
- Huambo - (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) - workshops[8]
- Kuito
- Camacupa
- Cuemba
- Chicala
- Luena[9]
- Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper mines [10]
- Luau - (1269 km) - border with DRCongo
- Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa
- (unknown)
- Chinguar
- Benguela line junction
- Proposed short cut line due 2012
-
Benguela Railway (CFB) - Luacano junction to Zambia [10]
-
Jimbe border checkpoint - Chingola, Zambia - railhead
South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)
(originally 600 mm gauge, converted to 1067 mm gauge in the 1950s.[11])
- Maquelo,
- Laceiras,
- Micose,
- Cabanas,
- Kapunda,
- Kuvango (Huíla),
- Tombolo,
- Vembambi,
- Viungue
- Kuelei.[12]
- Matala - intermediate station
- Dongo - (500 km) - junction
- Dongo Novo
- Entroncamento
- Cubango
- Cuchi
- Menongue - terminus (756 km)
- Caraculo - concrete sleeper plant in 2008
- Lubango - junction
- Chibia - yards
- Chiange - branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with Namibia.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva - provincial capital
- (Unknown location)
- Namialo - concrete sleeper plant.[13]
Proposed
Northern
- Integrated Railway System would build the following:[7][14]
- Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda[15]
- Luena
- Luau
-
Matadi
- junction with Matadi-Kinshasa Railway
- includes road-rail Matadi Bridge over Congo River in Democratic Republic of the Congo
-
- Cabinda Province exclave
-
Pointe Noire- Brazzaville.[16]
Central North
Central (Benguela line)
- Luacano, Moxico province east junction
- Zambia
Central South
Southern
- Dongo - junction
- Chamutete railhead in south ; also spelled Tchamutete.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva - provincial capital
- Namacunde
- Cassinga
- Cuvango
- Santa-Clara, Angola - near border with Namibia
-
Oshikango, Namibia - (Angola-Namibia border)[21] - Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia [22]
Maps
See also
- Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville
- Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa
- Transport in Angola
- Railway stations in Namibia
References
- ↑ Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August
- ↑ Proposed duplication
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2006/12/28/luanda-projections/
- 1 2 http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/09/30/luanda-commuter-service-2/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/11/cfl-puts-into-operation-two-new-hourly-trains/
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.8676736,13.3136241,16z?hl=en
- 1 2 http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/angolan-international-rail-links/
- ↑ http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3161&Itemid=35
- ↑ "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- 1 2 RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p06
- ↑ http://53.1911encyclopedia.org/Angola_%28Portuguese_West_Africa%29. Retrieved 1 August 2008. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Railways Africa
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p20
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/04/international-links-for-angolan-railways/
- ↑ http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3032&Itemid=35
- ↑ "OT Africa Line - Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- 1 2 Railway Gazette International September 2012, p42
- ↑ http://www.polity.org.za/article/zambia-angola-to-expand-railway-to-link-countries-2008-03-20
- ↑ http://www.pmaesa.org/information/news/news.htm?nid=5
- ↑ http://www.sardc.net/editorial/newsfeature/05390405.htm
- ↑ "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/10/21/angola-namibia-link-3/
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