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New Angolan railway station in Malange. (Wikiphoto: Credit: L.Willms)
New Angolan railway linkage completed
Published: Mon, 2015-02-16 07:57-
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Built with help of $500 million credit
- China Railway Construction Corporation has constructed a 1344-kilometer long railway for Angola. The line was newly completed and opened to traffic on Saturday the 14th, the company told Xinhua news agency.
The railway connecting coastal city Lobito in the west and Luau bordering Angola is the second lengthiest railway built by a Chinese company for Africa, after the Tanzania-Zambia railway.
The Tanzania-Zambia railway was built in the 1970s.
Stretching 1860 km from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia, the railway was formally handed over to the Tanzanian and Zambian governments in 1976.
The Chinese government provided a total of $500 million in interest-free loans for the construction of the Tazara Railway. Provided to China Daily
The Chinese government provided a total of $500 million in interest-free loans for the construction of the railway and technical and equipment support since its operation.
China is keen to help Africa to realize its dream of building up a high-speed railway network, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his visit to Kenya in January.
China Road and Bridge Corp is building a Mombasa-Nairobi railway that eventually will be extended to five other countries at a total cost of $13.8 billion.
Source: Xinhua
Av Markku Björkman
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