The Mayumbe line was a long gauge narrow gauge railway in the north west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between the port of Boma and Tshela.
History The Société des Chemins de fer vicinaux du Mayumbe (CVM) was created on July 30, 1898, to build and operate a network of railways built at a narrow gauge in the province of Lower Congo, in the Congo Free State which became Belgian Congo then Republic of the Congo, with a planned extension to the Republic of Congo.
On 1 January 1936, the CVM was integrated with the Office des Transports Coloniaux (OTRACO).
In 1974, it was merged with the Office National des Transports (ONATRA). The line was dismantled in 1984 under Mobutu Sese Seko, along with the local industry.Closed "owing to its lack of profitability" (Inter Rail No. 2/1997); Mobutu also closed the bank branches and industry in this region (Le Potentiel No. 3700/2006)
Line Boma - Lukula - Tshela (140 km) Boma (Plateau) - Bangu (8 km), opening May 7, 1899 Bangu - Kisundi (35 km), opening on January 1, 1900 Kisundi - Lukula (35 km), opening December 31, 1901 Lukula - Tshela (60 km), opening 31 December 1912, extension opened by the State In 1932, the Boma Lukula section was converted to narrow gauge, the section from Lukula to Tshela in 1938.
Locomotives No. 1-8, type 020T, delivered in 1898-9 by Saint Léonard Liège No. 1A-4A, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1911 by Saint Léonard Liège No. 1B-2B, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1919 by Saint Leonard in Liege No. 3B-6B, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1921 by Saint Leonard in Liege No. 7B-11B, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1924 by Saint Leonard in Liege No. 1C-4C, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1926 by Saint Leonard in Liege No. 1E, type Garratt 020-020, delivered in 1927 by Saint Leonard in Liege
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