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World Rail Atlas and Historical Summary. Volume 7: North, East and Central Africa. Barnsley, UK: World Rail Atlas Ltd. ISBN 978-954-92184-3-5. Le rail au Congo belge (3 vols. 1993–1999) Nicolaï, H.; Jacques, J. (1954). La transformation des paysages congolais par le chemin de fer. L'exemple du B.C.K. (PDF). Brussels: Institut Royal Colonial ...
Railway stations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... include: Maps. UN Map West; UN Map East; Stations served by passenger trains ... Railway stations in Congo ...
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 ...
The Lobito Atlantic Railway is a joint venture between Trafigura, Mota-Engil, and Vecturis, an independent rail operator. Trafigura plans to invest $455 million in Angola and up to $100 million in DR Congo. [2] [3] We see the Lobito rail corridor as a partnership between the private and public sectors.
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 ...
In the 1880s the exploration and exploitation of the Congo territory was carried out by the Congo Free State, which benefitted from hydrographic network of the Congo River. But between Matadi and Kinshasa (formerly known as Léopoldville ), the river was not navigable, being barred by the Livingstone Falls , which follow one another for 300 km ...
The railway took over the assets of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois (SNCZ; "National Railway Company of Zaire"). Due to the civil war, the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. During the war, 500 km of railway in the provinces of Maniema and Katanga were destroyed.
Rail transport in the Congo may refer to: Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the former Belgian colony south of the Congo River whose capital is Kinshasa; Rail transport in the Republic of the Congo, the former French colony north of the Congo River whose capital is Brazzaville