Angola rail news

News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Angola.

  • Prototype wagon for the Lobito Atlantic Railway at Galison Group’s workshop in Welkom
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    Production of Lobito Atlantic Railway container wagons begins

    2024-06-20T13:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: South African company Galison Manufacturing has begun the production of 275 container wagons which railway concessionaire Lobito Atlantic Railway has ordered for delivery in three tranches from Q4 this year. The wagons are being made from high-strength steel to provided durability and a low weight ...

  • Copper arriving by train in Lobito (Photo Trafigura )
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    Lobito Atlantic Railway freight capacity contracts signed

    2024-02-07T12:03:00Z

    ANGOLA: Trafigura and Kamoa-Kakula have signed long-term commitments to use the Lobito Atlantic Railway between the Copperbelt region of DR Congo and Zambia and the Angolan deep-water port of Lobito. In 2022 the Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium of Trafigura, Mota-Engil and Belgian rail operator Vecturis was ...

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    Siemens working on €1·3bn light rail scheme in Luanda

    2023-12-01T05:01:00Z

    ANGOLA: Siemens Mobility has confirmed to Metro Report International that it is working with the Ministry of Transport on a light rail scheme in Luanda. The supplier said on November 30 that ‘the Presidential Dispatch 53/23, published on March 22 2023, is part of the procedure ...

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    Zambia – DR Congo – Angola railway study backed by EU and USA

    2023-09-12T05:00:00Z

    AFRICA: Studies are to be undertaken for the construction of a railway linking the Copper Belt region of Zambia with the Katanga region of DR Congo and the existing railway to the port of Lobito in Angola. This would form part of a planned Trans-African Corridor. ...

  • Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium launch ceremony (2)
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    Lobito Atlantic Railway concession launched

    2023-07-05T13:21:00Z

    ANGOLA: Operations, management and maintenance of the 1 344 km railway along the Lobito Corridor were formally transferred to the Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium at a ceremony hosted by the Municipal Administration of Lobito on July 4. Present at the event were President of Angola João ...

  • Angola CFB CRRC Tangshan DMU
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    CRRC DMUs enter service on Lobito – Benguela line

    2023-05-23T09:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: Three diesel multiple-units supplied by CRRC Tangshan have entered revenue service on the Lobito – Benguela line. The trains are being used on the Ombaka Express service operated by Caminho de Ferro de Benguela; the Lobito to Benguela journey takes 30 min. An adult ticket ...

  • Angola freight train (Photo CFB)
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    Angolan railway expansion project approved

    2023-04-13T06:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: The government has approved funding for the construction of a 260 km railway to serve the inland provinces of Moxico and Lunda Sul. The Ministry of Transport has been authorised to award a US$1·2bn contract for design and construction of the line to a joint ...

  • Angola Lobito Corridor train (Photo Trafigura)
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    Lobito Corridor concession deal signed

    2022-11-08T15:57:00Z

    ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport has signed a concession agreement covering operation and maintenance of the Lobito Corridor for the next 30 years.

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    Lobito Corridor concessionaire selected

    2022-07-21T09:10:00Z

    ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport has announced the award of a 30-year concession for operation of rail freight and logistics services in the Lobito Corridor.

  • CRRC has delivered the final three of 10 four-car diesel multiple-units ordered by INCFA for use on services between Luanda and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport.
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    CRRC completes Angolan DMU deliveries

    2022-06-22T13:42:00Z

    ANGOLA: CRRC has delivered the final three of 10 four-car diesel multiple-units ordered by INCFA for use on services between Luanda and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport. Each of the 1 067 mm gauge 100 km/h DMUs has a capacity of 696 passengers, and up to ...

  • Angola freight train (Photo CFB)
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    Lobito Corridor concession decision due in May

    2022-03-31T10:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: The Ministry of Transport is due to announce in May the winner of a competition to manage the Lobito Corridor that includes the 1 067 mm gauge Benguela Railway. The 1 344 km line was rebuilt in 2002-15 with the help of various Chinese companies ...

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    Benguela Railway launches Lobito – Luau expresses

    2022-03-30T14:39:00Z

    ANGOLA: Caminho de Ferro de Benguela has extended the Lobito – Luena express passenger service that it launched in mid-2021 to Luau in Moxico province, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The train departs Lobito on Mondays at 07.00, arriving in Luau on ...

  • The second batch of three four-car 100 km/h DMUs which CRRC is building for INCFA has been shipped from the Chinese port of Tianjin.
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    CRRC delivers DMUs to Angola

    2020-04-01T10:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: The second batch of three four-car 100 km/h DMUs which CRRC is building for INCFA has been shipped from the Chinese port of Tianjin. They will join four trainsets delivered to Angola on February 10, with three more to follow. Each DMU has ...

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    Railway development opportunities highlighted at Russia-Africa Summit

    2019-10-28T12:18:00Z

    AFRICA: A number of agreements for Russian co-operation in railway development were signed at the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on October 23-24, where 54 African countries were represented with 43 heads of state or government attending. Africa ‘provides unique opportunities for railway development’, First Deputy CEO ...

  • The Chinese contractor had been working on rehabilitation of the 1 344 km line from Luau on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to Lobito since January 2006.
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    Final handover of Benguela Railway ‘renews people’s hope’

    2019-10-08T06:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: A ceremony at Lobito’s main station on October 3 marked the final handover of the Benguela Railway to the government from construction company China Railway 20 Bureau Group. The Chinese contractor had been working on rehabilitation of the 1 344 km line ...

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    Coast-to-coast cruise train crosses Africa

    2019-08-07T12:37:29Z

    INTERNATIONAL: On August 2 a passenger train set out on the return leg of a coast-to-coast trip across Africa. Departing from the port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast and bound for the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean, the train had arrived in Lobito on ...

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    Benguela railway handover

    2017-08-19T06:00:00Z

    ANGOLA: Construction company China Railway 20 Bureau Group has formally handed over further sections of the 1 301 km Benguela Railway to the government of Angola. Events marking the transfer of ownership were held on June 29 in Kuito and on July 27 at Luau, close to the border with ...

  • A train carrying SNCC management and other guests reached Dilolo on August 11.
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    Trains resume between Kolwezi and Dilolo

    2016-08-16T15:04:00Z

    DR CONGO: Ahead of the relaunch of regular passenger and mail trains on August 25, Ilunga Ilunkamba, Director-General of state railway SNCC, joined a special train inspecting the upgraded route between Kolwezi and Dololo on August 11.No trains have used this 422 km section of the former Benguela Railway in ...

  • GE C30ACi locomotive for South Africa.
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    GE to supply 100 locomotives to Angola

    2015-03-27T12:13:00Z

    ANGOLA: GE Transportation announced on March 27 that it had signed a contract to supply Instituto Nacional Dos Caminhos de Ferro Angola with 100 C30ACi locomotives. The six-axle 1 067 mm gauge diesel-electric locomotives with 12 cylinder 3 000 hp FDL-series engines are to be manufactured at GE’s Erie ...

  • The presidents of Angola, DR Congo and Zambia attended a ceremony to mark the rehabilitation of the Bengulea Railway (Photo: Salim Henry/State House).
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    Three presidents inaugurate rebuilt Benguela Railway

    2015-02-16T13:03:00Z

    ANGOLA: The presidents of Angola, DR Congo and Zambia attended a ceremony in Luau on February 14 to officially mark the completion of a US$1·9bn Chinese-backed project to rehabilitate the 1 344 km Bengulea Railway between the port of Lobito and the DR Congo border. The presidents unveiled a plaque, ...