Railway stations in Angola

Railway stations in Angola include:

Towns served by rail

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 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 Chinguar Kuito Camacupa Cuemba Chicala Luena Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper minesRailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06 Luau – (1269 km) – border with DRCongo Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa

Cavaco River

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

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 gauge, converted to gauge in the 1950s.)

Moçâmedes – port Sacomar – (~5 km) – marshalling yards Bibala Lubango (246 km) – junction

Maquelo, Laceiras, Micose, Cabanas, Kapunda, Kuvango, 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.Railways Africa 5/2013 p. 20

Proposed

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 KuitoRailway Gazette International September 2012, p. 42

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

See also Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa Transport in Angola Railway stations in Namibia

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