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Railways are in black. Map of rail network pre-1960 Train from Lubumbashi arriving in Kindu on newly refurbished line. ... Le rail au Congo belge (3 vols. 1993–1999)
1 Maps. 2 Stations served by ... Railway stations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) include: Maps. UN Map West; ... Railway stations in Congo; Matadi ...
Station name Route(s) Bilinga Brazzaville – Pointe-Noire railway station Loutété – Pointe Noire Bodissa Brazzaville – Pointe Noire Loutété – Pointe Noire Bouanza
The middle Congo River and its tributaries from the east are the principal domestic waterways in the DRC. The two principal river routes are: Kinshasa to Mbandaka and Kisangani on the River Congo; Kinshasa to Ilebo on the Kasai River; See the diagrammatic transport map above for other river waterways. The most-used domestic lake waterways are:
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 ...
The Cableway closed in 1986 when neighbouring Gabon built its own railway to haul this traffic. The branch line remains active nonetheless. The Congo–Ocean Railway was a user of the Golwé locomotive. Motive power is now provided by diesel locomotives. From the start of the civil war in 1997, the line was closed for six years. [citation needed]
The Matadi–Kinshasa Railway (French: Chemin de fer Matadi-Kinshasa) is a railway line in Kongo Central province between Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the port of Matadi.
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.