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Railway stations in Angola

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Railway stations in Angola

Railway stations in Angola include:

Contents

North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)

(Also known as Luanda Railway) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)

  • Luanda - port - national capital ; junction
  • Bungo (0 km) Start of Duplication.
  • Caxito - branch terminus; provincial capital
  • Quicabo
  • Funda
  • Cabiri - branch terminus
  • Sambizanga
  • Rangel
  • Cazenga - workshops
  • Viana (23 km) - suburban station; stadium
  • (junction)
  • Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication
  • Camizunzo
  • Catete
  • Zenza do Itombe - junction
  • Dondo - branch terminus
  • Quixinge - branch extension
  • Beira Alta (Angola, Cuanza Norte)
  • Canhoca - junction
  • Cambondo - branch terminus
  • N'dalatando
  • Cacuso
  • Lombe
  • Malanje (479 km) - terminus
  • Golungo Alto - branch terminus
  • Musseques - first passenger halt from port
  • Filda
  • Grafanil
  • Estagem
  • Comarca
  • Viana
  • Pomagol
  • Bungo
  • Texatang
  • Boa Vista
  • Cazenga - workshops
  • Luinha - short branch
  • Luanda
  • Barra do Dande proposed new port
  • Middle line

    (610mm gauge = closed)

  • Porto Amboim - port
  • Gabela - terminus at mine
  • Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)

    (all 1067 mm gauge)

  • Lobito - port
  • Catumbela
  • Benguela - port
  • Catengue
  • Cubal - 171 km
  • Ganda
  • Caála - junction
  • Huambo - (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) - workshops
  • Kuito
  • Camacupa
  • Cuemba
  • Chicala
  • Luena
  • Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper mines
  • Luau - (1269 km) - border with DRCongo
  • Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa
  • (unknown)
  • Chinguar
  • Cavaco River
  • Caála - junction
  • Cuima - branch terminus
  • Benguela line junction
  • Proposed short cut line due 2012
  • Benguela Railway (CFB)
  • Luacano junction to Zambia
  • Jimbe border checkpoint
  • Chingola, Zambia - railhead
  • South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

    (originally 600 mm gauge, converted to 1067 mm gauge in the 1950s.)

  • Namibe - port
  • Sacomar - (~5 km) - marshalling yards
  • Bibala
  • Lubango (246 km) - junction
  • Maquelo,
  • Laceiras,
  • Micose,
  • Cabanas,
  • Kapunda,
  • Kuvango (Huíla),
  • Tombolo,
  • Vembambi,
  • Viungue
  • Kuelei.
  • 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
  • Dongo - junction
  • Cassinga - iron ore
  • Chamutete - branch terminus in far south
  • Cuto
  • (Unknown location)
  • Namialo - concrete sleeper plant.
  • Northern

  • Integrated Railway System would build the following:
  • Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda
  • Luena
  • Luau
  • Matadi
  • junction with Matadi-Kinshasa Railway
  • includes road-rail Matadi Bridge over Congo River in Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Cabinda Province exclave
  • Pointe Noire- Brazzaville.
  • Central North

  • Malanje
  • Kuito
  • Central (Benguela line)

  • Luacano, Moxico province east junction
  • Short cut line due 2012 ; current route via DR Congo
  • Lumwana line
  • Solwezi new mining town
  • Chingola
  • Zambia
  • Central South

  • Kuito
  • Dondo
  • Southern

  • Dongo - junction
  • Chamutete railhead in south ; also spelled Tchamutete.
  • Cuvelai
  • Ondjiva - provincial capital
  • Namacunde
  • Cassinga
  • Cuvango
  • Santa-Clara, Angola - near border with Namibia
  • Oshikango, Namibia - (Angola-Namibia border)
  • Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia
  • Matala October 2009
  • Lubango - junction
  • Maps

  • UN Map
  • ReliefWeb Map
  • UNHCR Map
  • References

    Railway stations in Angola Wikipedia