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Central Railway Station, Lubumbashi. ... 1000mm gauge portage railway bypassing Stanley Falls. Kisangani (Congo River port) Ubundu (upper Congo River port) Proposed
Great lakes line first section (believed operational in 2022): Kisangani (Congo River port) to Ubundu (upper Congo River port). 125 km, [4] 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge. [11] This line is a bypass (portage railway) of the Stanley Falls on the Congo River. A train runs after arrival at Kisangani of a ship from Kinshasa or before ...
The Matadi–Kinshasa Railway was built between 1890 and 1898 in order to bypass the series of rapids and falls which hindered access from the South Atlantic Ocean to the Congo Basin. [1] Its length is 366 km (227 mi) and it is run by Société commerciale des transports et des ports (SCTP) (until 2011, ONATRA ).
The Gare de l'Est, also known as Kinshasa Est or Kinshasa Central Station (French: Gare centrale de Kinshasa), is a central railway station situated in the Gombe commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Positioned along the Matadi–Kinshasa Railway line, it functions as a pivotal transshipment point connecting the railway ...
Pages in category "Railway stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ...
Railway stations in the Republic of the Congo This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 22:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Station name Route(s) Bilinga Brazzaville – Pointe-Noire railway station Loutété – Pointe Noire Bodissa Brazzaville – Pointe Noire Loutété – Pointe Noire Bouanza
The first locomotive arriving at Léopoldville in 1898. The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo (CCFC) was founded on 31 July 1889. [1] The construction of the railway was directed by Albert Thys, whose name was given to one of the railway stations, Thysville (now Mbanza-Ngungu).