Railway stations in Angola include:
Angola railway network
1067mm gauge tracks,
610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed
1067mm gauge tracks,
610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed
Towns served by rail
editNorth line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)
edit(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
- Luanda – port – national capital; junction
- Funda[5]
- Cabiri – branch terminus
- Sambizanga
- Rangel
- Cazenga – workshops
- Viana (23 km) – suburban station; stadium[6]
- (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[8]
Middle line
edit(610mm gauge = closed)
- Porto Amboim – port
- Gabela – terminus at mine
Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)
edit(all 1067 mm gauge)
- Lobito – port and terminus
- Catumbela – junction of original route (now Benguela branch) with 1948 deviation
- Benguela – port, terminus of branch line since 1948
- Catengue – on steeply graded section of original route which was bypassed and abandoned in 1948
- Caimbambo – end of 1948 deviation
- Cubal – 171 km
- Ganda
- Caála – junction of Cuima branch
- Huambo – (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) – workshops[9]
- Chinguar
- Kuito
- Camacupa
- Cuemba
- Chicala
- Luena[10]
- Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper mines[11]
- Luau – (1269 km) – border with DRCongo
- Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa
- Caála – junction
- Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river
- Benguela line junction
- Proposed short cut line due 2012
Benguela Railway (CFB)- Luacano junction to Zambia[11]
Jimbe border checkpoint- Chingola, Zambia – railhead
South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)
edit(originally 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) gauge,[12] converted to 1,067 millimetres (3 ft 6.0 in) gauge in the 1950s.)
- Maquelo,
- Laceiras,
- Micose,
- Cabanas,
- Kapunda,
- Kuvango (Huíla),
- Tombolo,
- Vembambi,
- Viungue
- Kuelei.[13]
- 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.[14]
Proposed
editNorthern
edit- Integrated Railway System would build the following:[8][15]
- Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda[16]
- 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.[17]
Central North
editCentral (Benguela line)
edit- Luacano, Moxico province east junction
- Zambia
Central South
editSouthern
edit- 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)[22]- Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia[23]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August". Angola Press Agency (Luanda). 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA TRACK DOUBLING". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA PROJECTIONS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ a b "LUANDA COMMUTER SERVICE - Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Railways in Angola". sinfin.net. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "CFL puts into operation two new hourly trains". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ a b Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL RAIL LINKS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40. [verification needed]
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "TEN ANGOLAN STATIONS INAUGURATED". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p. 20
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "INTERNATIONAL LINKS FOR ANGOLAN RAILWAYS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "OT Africa Line – Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b Railway Gazette International September 2012, p. 42
- ^ "Zambia, Angola to expand railway to link countries". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "PMAESA – New railway line to link Zambia and Angola". www.pmaesa.org. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "REDI News Features". Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "ANGOLA-NAMIBIA LINK - Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.