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The railway line roughly follows old trade routes between the ancient trading centre of Benguela and its hinterland of the Bié plateau. [9] In 1899, the Portuguese government initiated the construction of the railway to give access to the central Angolan plateau and the mineral wealth of the then Congo Free State. [10]
After the end of the civil war, the Angolan government turned to Chinese companies to rehabilitate the three main colonial-era railways. The Luanda Railway and the Benguela Railway were rebuilt by the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, while the Moçâmedes Railway was rebuilt by a Chinese mining company. [4]
When the fighting ended, the Angolan government sought to restore service on the railways. Contracts were awarded to the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation Limited to rebuild the Luanda Railway and the Benguela Railway. A privately owned Chinese mining company rebuilt the Moçâmedes Railway. [4]
The initiative aims to create an efficient transport link from Africa’s mineral-rich interior to the port of Lobito on its west coast for export.
A Khartoum–Atbara railway service began running in 2014 after China ... there is an interconnection of the Cape-Cairo Railway with the Katanga-Benguela railway ...
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., ... Benguela Railway: Lobito to Luau, Angola: 2006–2014 China Railway Construction Corporation Limited: US$1.83bn
The Lobito–Dar es Salaam Railway is a planned narrow gauge railway line that connects the Angolan port city of Lobito to the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam, through the Zambian city of Kapiri Mposhi. [1] It is an African transcontinental railroad connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans and it is financed by China. [2]
On 1 August 2007 a passenger train ran out of control on the line 170 km north-west of Kananga and 7 coaches overturned, killing about 100 people. Katanga-Benguela line A branch of the Katanga Railway was built from Tenke junction just north-west of Likasi via Kolwezi to Dilolo at the Angolan border. 522 km, [4] 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.