Railway stations in Angola

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

Railway stations in Angola include:

Towns served by rail[edit]

North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)[edit]

(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[edit]

(610mm gauge = closed)

Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)[edit]

(all 1067 mm gauge)



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

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)[edit]

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








Proposed[edit]

Northern[edit]

Central North[edit]

Central (Benguela line)[edit]

Central South[edit]

Southern[edit]



See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  11. ^ a b RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
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  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.
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  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.
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