Railway stations in Angola

Angola railway network (interactive version)
1067mm gauge tracks, 
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
  • Bungo (0 km) ^[2][3] Start of Duplication. ^[4]
  • Caxito - branch terminus; provincial capital
  • Quicabo

• Funda
  • Cabiri - branch terminus

• Sambizanga
• Rangel
• Cazenga - workshops
• Viana (23 km) - suburban station; stadium^[5]
  • (junction)

• • Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication ^[6]
• 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

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• Musseques - first passenger halt from port ^[7]
• Filda
• Grafanil
• Estagem
• Comarca
• Viana
• Pomagol

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• Bungo
• Texatang

• Boa Vista

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• Cazenga - workshops

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• Luinha - short branch

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• Luanda
• Barra do Dande proposed new port ^[8]

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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^[9]
• 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

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• (unknown)
• Chinguar

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• Cavaco River

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• Caála - junction
  • Cuima - branch terminus

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• Benguela line junction
  • Proposed short cut line due 2012
  • Benguela Railway (CFB)
  • Luacano junction to Zambia ^[12]
  • Jimbe border checkpoint
  • Chingola, Zambia - railhead

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

(originally 600 mm gauge, converted to 1067 mm gauge in the 1950s.^[13])

• Namibe - port
• Sacomar - (~5 km) - marshalling yards
• Bibala
• Lubango (246 km) - junction

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• Maquelo,
• Laceiras,
• Micose,
• Cabanas,
• Kapunda,
• Kuvango (Huíla),
• Tombolo,
• Vembambi,
• Viungue
• Kuelei. ^[14]

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• Matala - intermediate station
• Dongo - (500 km) - junction
• Dongo Novo
• Entroncamento
• Cubango
• Cuchi
• Menongue - terminus (756 km)

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• Caraculo - concrete sleeper plant in 2008

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• Lubango - junction
• Chibia - yards
• Chiange - branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with Namibia.
• Cuvelai
• Ondjiva - provincial capital

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• Dongo - junction
• Cassinga - iron ore
• Chamutete - branch terminus in far south

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• Cuto

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• (Unknown location)
• Namialo - concrete sleeper plant. ^[15]

Proposed

Northern

• Integrated Railway System would build the following:^[8][16]
• Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda^[17]
• 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.^[18]

Central North

• Malanje
• Kuito ^[19]

Central (Benguela line)

• Luacano, Moxico province east junction
  • Short cut line due 2012 ; current route via DR Congo^[20][21][22]
  • Lumwana line
  • Solwezi new mining town
  • Chingola
• Zambia

Central South

• Kuito
• Dondo ^[19]

Southern

• Dongo - junction
• Chamutete railhead in south ; also spelled Tchamutete.
• Cuvelai
• Ondjiva - provincial capital
• Namacunde

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• Cassinga
• Cuvango
• Santa-Clara, Angola - near border with Namibia
• Oshikango, Namibia - (Angola-Namibia border)^[23]
• Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia ^[24]

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• Matala October 2009
• Lubango - junction

Maps

• UN Map
• ReliefWeb Map
• UNHCR Map

See also

• Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville
• Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa
• Transport in Angola
• Railway stations in Namibia

References

1. Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August
2. Proposed duplication
3. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2006/12/28/luanda-projections/
4. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/09/30/luanda-commuter-service-2/
5. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/11/cfl-puts-into-operation-two-new-hourly-trains/
6. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/09/30/luanda-commuter-service-2/
7. https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.8676736,13.3136241,16z?hl=en
8. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/09/angolan-international-rail-links/
9. http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3161&Itemid=35
10. "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
11. RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p06
12. RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p06
13. http://web.archive.org/web/20110524231403/http://53.1911encyclopedia.org/Angola_(Portuguese_West_Africa). Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
14. Railways Africa
15. RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p20
16. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/04/international-links-for-angolan-railways/
17. http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3032&Itemid=35
18. "OT Africa Line - Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
19. Railway Gazette International September 2012, p42
20. http://www.polity.org.za/article/zambia-angola-to-expand-railway-to-link-countries-2008-03-20
21. http://www.pmaesa.org/information/news/news.htm?nid=5
22. http://www.sardc.net/editorial/newsfeature/05390405.htm
23. "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
24. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/10/21/angola-namibia-link-3/