Railway stations in Angola explained

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^[5]
  • Cabiri – branch terminus
• Sambizanga
• Rangel
• Cazenga – workshops
• Viana (23 km) – suburban station; stadium^[6]
  • (junction)
  • Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication^[4]
  • 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 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^[9]
• Chinguar
  • 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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• Cavaco River

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

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• Benguela line junction
  • Proposed short cut line due 2012
  • Benguela Railway (CFB)
  • Luacano junction to Zambia^[11]
  • Jimbe border checkpoint
  • Chingola, Zambia – railhead

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

(originally 600mm gauge,^[12] converted to 1067mm gauge in the 1950s.)

• Moçâmedes – 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.^[13]

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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.^[14]

Proposed

Northern

• Integrated Railway System would build the following:^{[8] [15]}
• Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda^[16]
• 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.^[17]

Central North

• Malanje
• Kuito^[18]

Central (Benguela line)

• Luacano, Moxico province east junction
  • Short cut line due 2012; current route via DR Congo^{[19] [20] [21]}
  • Lumwana line
  • Solwezi new mining town
  • Chingola
• Zambia

Central South

• Kuito
• Dondo^[18]

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)^[22]
• Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia^[23]

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• Matala October 2009
• Lubango – junction

See also

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

Notes and References

1. News: Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August. 2008-01-22. Angola Press Agency (Luanda). 2017-07-05.
2. News: LUANDA TRACK DOUBLING. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
3. News: LUANDA PROJECTIONS. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
4. Web site: LUANDA COMMUTER SERVICE - Railways Africa . 26 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141026043858/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/09/30/luanda-commuter-service-2/ . 26 October 2014 . dead.
5. Web site: Railways in Angola . 2023-12-31 . sinfin.net.
6. News: CFL puts into operation two new hourly trains. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
7. Web site: Google Maps. Google Maps. 2017-07-05.
8. News: ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL RAIL LINKS. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
9. Web site: Home . Railways Africa . 2018-08-03 . 2018-08-10.
10. Web site: Across Africa By Rail . Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net . 10 June 1929 . 27 October 2010.
11. RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
12. Angola#Communications . Angola § Communications . 2 . 39–40.
13. News: TEN ANGOLAN STATIONS INAUGURATED. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
14. [RailwaysAfrica]
15. News: INTERNATIONAL LINKS FOR ANGOLAN RAILWAYS. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-27. 2017-07-05. en-za.
16. Web site: Home . Railways Africa . 2018-08-03 . 2018-08-10.
17. Web site: OT Africa Line – Angola . Otal.com . 1 July 2004 . 27 October 2010.
18. [Railway Gazette International]
19. Web site: Zambia, Angola to expand railway to link countries . 22 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403111751/http://www.polity.org.za/article/zambia-angola-to-expand-railway-to-link-countries-2008-03-20 . 3 April 2015 . dead.
20. Web site: PMAESA – New railway line to link Zambia and Angola. www.pmaesa.org. 2017-07-05.
21. Web site: REDI News Features . 22 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101017000758/http://www.sardc.net/editorial/newsfeature/05390405.htm . 17 October 2010 . dead.
22. Web site: klausdierks.com . klausdierks.com . 27 October 2010.
23. Web site: ANGOLA-NAMIBIA LINK - Railways Africa . 23 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023100300/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/10/21/angola-namibia-link-3/ . 23 October 2014 . dead.