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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]
The Empresa do Caminho de Ferro de Benguela-E.P. (ECFB-EP; in English: Railway Company of Benguela) is an Angolan state-owned company responsible for the administration of the Angolan stretch of the Benguela Railway. The company's headquarters are in the city of Lobito.
The 1994 Tolunda rail disaster happened near Tolunda, in the Namibe Province, Angola on 22 September 1994. A freight train of the Benguela railway derailed due to malfunctioning brakes and crashed into a 10 metres deep ravine. 300 people died and around 147 people were injured. It is among the deadliest train disasters in history. [3] [4]
New Zealand Railways Corporation (Rail operator 1981 – 1990, land owner 1990 – 2003, Ontrack 2003–2008, railway land owner 2008 – present) New Zealand Rail Limited (Defunct, privatised 1993, renamed Tranz Rail in 1995)
Rail transport in Angola consists of three separate Cape gauge lines that do not connect: the northern Luanda Railway, the central Benguela Railway, and the southern Moçâmedes Railway. The lines each connect the Atlantic coast to the interior of the country. A fourth system once linked Gunza and Gabala but is no longer operational.
Until independence, the town was called Teixeira de Sousa, [1] having been named after the Portuguese Prime Minister António Teixeira de Sousa.The town once had a population of nearly 90,000 due to its creation as a stopping point on the Benguela railway, which continued east to cross the nearby Luao River and enter Dilolo, where it connected to the Katanga rail network.
The Philippine Railway Company, along with operating the Panay line, operated a line in Cebu from 1911 to 1942, when operations ceased because of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. [51] The line ran from Danao south through Cebu City to Argao. [52] The line was built by the related Philippine Railways Construction ...
The Railway Crane was delivered to PNR in the 4th quarter of 2021. [75] A trial run of the Railway Crane was conducted on November 11, 2021. [76] Kubota RTV-X1140 RR 25 40 [77] 4 2020 [78] Kubota: road–rail vehicle [a] The PNR owns at least four Kubota road–rail vehicles. Currently used for maintenance and inspection works along the ...