Railway stations in Angola
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Angola railway network
1067mm gauge tracks,
610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed
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610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed
Railway stations in Angola include:
Towns served by rail
North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)
(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
- Luanda – port – national capital; junction
- Funda[5]
- Cabiri – branch terminus
- Sambizanga
- Rangel
- Cazenga – workshops
- Viana (23 km) – suburban station; stadium[6]
- (junction)
- Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication[4]
- Camizunzo
- Catete
- Zenza do Itombe – junction
- Beira Alta (Angola, Cuanza Norte)
- Canhoca – junction
- Cambondo – branch terminus
- N'dalatando
- Cacuso
- Lombe
- Malanje (479 km) – terminus
- Golungo Alto – branch terminus
- Bungo
- Texatang
- Boa Vista
- Cazenga – workshops
- Luinha – short branch
- Luanda
- Barra do Dande proposed new port[8]
Middle line
(610mm gauge = closed)
- Porto Amboim – port
- Gabela – terminus at mine
Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)
(all 1067 mm gauge)
- Lobito – port and terminus
- Catumbela – junction of original route (now Benguela branch) with 1948 deviation
- Benguela – port, terminus of branch line since 1948
- Catengue – on steeply graded section of original route which was bypassed and abandoned in 1948
- Caimbambo – end of 1948 deviation
- Cubal – 171 km
- Ganda
- Caála – junction of Cuima branch
- Huambo – (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) – workshops[9]
- Chinguar
- Kuito
- Camacupa
- Cuemba
- Chicala
- Luena[10]
- Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper mines[11]
- Luau – (1269 km) – border with DRCongo
- Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa
- Caála – junction
- Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river
- Benguela line junction
- Proposed short cut line due 2012
- Template:Flagicon Benguela Railway (CFB)
- Template:Flagicon Luacano junction to Zambia[11]
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jimbe border checkpoint
- Template:Flagicon Chingola, Zambia – railhead
South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)
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- Maquelo,
- Laceiras,
- Micose,
- Cabanas,
- Kapunda,
- Kuvango (Huíla),
- Tombolo,
- Vembambi,
- Viungue
- Kuelei.[13]
- Matala – intermediate station
- Dongo – (500 km) – junction
- Dongo Novo
- Entroncamento
- Cubango
- Cuchi
- Menongue – terminus (756 km)
- Caraculo – concrete sleeper plant in 2008
- Lubango – junction
- Chibia – yards
- Chiange – branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with Namibia.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva – provincial capital
- (Unknown location)
- Namialo – concrete sleeper plant.[14]
Proposed
Northern
- Integrated Railway System would build the following:[8][15]
- Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda[16]
- Template:Flagicon Luena
- Template:Flagicon Luau
- Template:Flagicon Matadi
- Template:Flagicon junction with Matadi-Kinshasa Railway
- includes road-rail Matadi Bridge over Congo River in Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Template:Flagicon Cabinda Province exclave
- Template:Flagicon Pointe Noire-Template:Flagicon Brazzaville.[17]
Central North
Central (Benguela line)
- Template:Flagicon Luacano, Moxico province east junction
- Short cut line due 2012; current route via DR Congo[19][20][21]
- Template:Flagicon Lumwana line
- Template:Flagicon Solwezi new mining town
- Template:Flagicon Chingola
- Template:Flagicon Zambia
Central South
Southern
- Dongo – junction
- Chamutete railhead in south; also spelled Tchamutete.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva – provincial capital
- Namacunde
- Cassinga
- Cuvango
- Template:Flagicon Santa-Clara, Angola – near border with Namibia
- Template:Flagicon Oshikango, Namibia – (Angola-Namibia border)[22]
- Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia[23]
See also
- Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville
- Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa
- Transport in Angola
- Railway stations in Namibia
References
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