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There are boat links to rail lines in these neighbouring countries: Republic of Congo - no direct link, but ordinary ferries across the Congo River from Kinshasa to Brazzaville can take passengers and freight to the Congo-Ocean Railway (same gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) which runs from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe Noire.
Station name Route(s) Bilinga Brazzaville – Pointe-Noire railway station Loutété – Pointe Noire Bodissa Brazzaville – Pointe Noire Loutété – Pointe Noire Bouanza
Station name Route(s) Aketi Aketi – Bumba Aketi – Isiro Andoma (Liénart) : Aketi – Isiro Bangu Kinshasa Est – Matadi Bukama Ilebo – Lubumbashi Kabalo – Lubumbashi
Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction, and the distances are enormous across this vast country. Furthermore, chronic economic mismanagement and internal conflict has led to serious under ...
In 2006, rail service was suspended by floods and oil shortages. [3] On 12 April 2007, a South Korean consortium agreed to build a new 800 km railway in the Congo-Brazzaville Republic in return for timber concessions. The railway would connect Brazzaville to Ouesso in the northwest Sangha region. A two-year feasibility study would take place ...
Railway map of Africa. ... Republic of the Congo: see Rail transport in the Republic of the Congo ... O. S. Railways then and now: a world history (1975) online;
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track-only companies and train-only companies.
Countries with defunct rail networks [83] Country Comment ISO 3166-1 Antigua and Barbuda: Had agricultural / industrial lines 028 Bahamas: Had a plantation railway 044 Barbados: Had a public railway. Has a 3 km tourist line opened in 2019. 052 Belize: Had one public railway and a number of private lines 084 Brunei