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Railway stations in Angola

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Angola railway network 
1067mm gauge tracks
610mm gauge tracks (closed)
;
1067mm proposed

Railway stations in Angola include:

Towns served by rail

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North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)

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(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)


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





Middle line

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(610mm gauge = closed)

Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)

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(all 1067 mm gauge)



  • Caála – junction
    • Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

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(originally 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) gauge,[12] converted to 1,067 millimetres (3 ft 6.0 in) gauge in the 1950s.)








Proposed

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Northern

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Central North

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Central (Benguela line)

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Central South

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Southern

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August". Angola Press Agency (Luanda). 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA TRACK DOUBLING". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA PROJECTIONS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b "LUANDA COMMUTER SERVICE - Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Railways in Angola". sinfin.net. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "CFL puts into operation two new hourly trains". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL RAIL LINKS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  11. ^ a b RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
  12. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Angola § Communications" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40. [verification needed]
  13. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "TEN ANGOLAN STATIONS INAUGURATED". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  14. ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p. 20
  15. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "INTERNATIONAL LINKS FOR ANGOLAN RAILWAYS". Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  17. ^ "OT Africa Line – Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  18. ^ a b Railway Gazette International September 2012, p. 42
  19. ^ "Zambia, Angola to expand railway to link countries". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  20. ^ "PMAESA – New railway line to link Zambia and Angola". www.pmaesa.org. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  21. ^ "REDI News Features". Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  22. ^ "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  23. ^ "ANGOLA-NAMIBIA LINK - Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.