Railway stations in Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

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Stations served by passenger trains

Station name	Route(s)
Assunção	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Baia	Catete – Luanda Muceques
Benguela	Benguela – Lobito-M.
Bibala	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Caála	Caála – Huambo
Cábio	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Cacuso	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Caimbambo	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Calenguer	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Camana	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Cambongue	Giras – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Cambuio	Huambo – Katchiungo
Cambuze	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Cango	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Canhoca	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Capangombe	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Caraculo	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Cassinga	Lubango – Tchamutete
Catete	Catete – Luanda Muceques Luanda Muceques – Malange
Catumbela	Benguela – Lobito-M. Cubal – Lobito-M.
Cavaco	Benguela – Lobito-M.
Chicócua	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Comarca	Luanda Muceques – Viana
Cubal	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Damba Maria	Benguela – Lobito-M.
Dango	Caála – Huambo
Dongo	Lubango – Tchamutete
Entroncamento Ramal Jamba	Lubango – Tchamutete
Estalagem	Luanda Muceques – Viana
Filda	Luanda Muceques – Viana
Gamek	Luanda Muceques – Viana
Giras	Giras – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Gunge	Lubango – Tchamutete
Gungo	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Huambo	Caála – Huambo Huambo – Katchiungo
Humbia	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Katchiungo	Huambo – Katchiungo
Kizenga	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Lobito-Compão	Benguela – Lobito-M.
Lobito-M.	Benguela – Lobito-M. Cubal – Lobito-M.
Lombe	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Luanda Muceques	Catete – Luanda Muceques Luanda Muceques – Malange Luanda Muceques – Viana
Lubango	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Lucala	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Luinha	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Malange	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Matala	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Mina	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Moçâmedes (Namibe)	Giras – Moçâmedes (Namibe) Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Munhino	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Ndalahui	Luanda Muceques – Malange
N'dalatando	Luanda Muceques – Malange
Negrão	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Novas Águas	Huambo – Katchiungo
Ombe	Cubal – Lobito-M.
Quilemba	Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Quipungo	Lubango – Tchamutete Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Saco-Mar	Giras – Moçâmedes (Namibe) Matala – Moçâmedes (Namibe)
Tchamutete	Lubango – Tchamutete
Viana	Catete – Luanda Muceques Luanda Muceques – Viana
Zenza do Itombe	Luanda Muceques – Malange

North line (Luanda Railway)

(Also known as Luanda Railway) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)

• Luanda
  Luanda
  Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
  
   - port - national capital ; junction
  • Caxito
    Caxito
    Caxito is a town and commune and capital of Bengo Province, Angola.The northern line of Angolan Railways passes through....
    
     - branch terminus; provincial capital
  • Quicabo
    Quicabo
    Quicabo is a town in Bengo Province, Angola northeast of Luanda. Elevation 200m....
    
    

• Funda
  Funda, Angola
  Funda is a town in Angola to the east of the capital, Luanda.- External links :*...
  
  
  • Cabiri
    Cabiri, Angola
    - Transport :It has a terminal station of a branch line of the northern railway on the national railway system....
    
     - branch terminus

• Cacuaco
  Cacuaco
  Cacuaco is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It is a suburb of the capital, Luanda. It has a population of 600,000 and is the site of transmission for the Marburg virus.- Transport :...
  
   - junction
• Viana
  Viana, Angola
  Viana is a suburb of Luanda, Angola, in Luanda Province. It is home to about 6,000 long-term refugees, primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Viana is about a 90 minute drive from downtown Luanda...
  
   - suburban station; stadium
  • Baía branch terminus
• Camizunzo
  Camizunzo
  Camizunzo is a small town to the east of the capital of Angola, Luanda, in Bengo Province....
  
  
• Catete
  Catete
  Catete is a small town and commune in northern Angola not far from the capital Luanda.-Transport:It is served by a railway station on the Luanda Railways.Catete is the major graveyard for old steam locomotives on the northern line.The station is here....
  
  

• Zenza do Itombel
  Zenza do Itombel
  - Transport :It is served by a junction railway station of the northern line of Angolan Railways....
  
   - junction
  • Dondo
    Dondo, Angola
    Dondo is a town in northern Angola. It belongs to Cuanza Norte Province.- Namesakes :There are several towns with this name. This is the one which is a branch terminus on the northern Luanda Railways. The namesakes are in Huila Province, Uíge Province and Huambo Province.- Map :* - External links...
    
     - branch terminus
  • Quixinge - branch extension
• Biera Alta
• Canhoca
  Canhoca, Angola
  - Transport :Canhoca is a junction station on the Luanda Railway for a short branch to the north.- External links :*...
  
   - junction
  • Cambondo - branch terminus

• N'dalatando
  N'dalatando
  N'dalatando is a town and municipality and capital of Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.It is served by a station on the northern railway of Angolan Railways....
  
  
• Cacuso
• Lombe
  Lombe
  - Namesakes :There are other towns with this name in Cuanza Sul Province and Zaire Province.- External links :*...
  
  
• Malanje
  Malanje
  Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola with a population of approximately 222,000. Nearby is the spectacular Calandula waterfalls, 85 km from the city. These falls are 105 metres high and their great width makes them the main tourist attraction in the region. It is a...
  
   (479 km) - terminus

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• Golungo Alto
  Golungo Alto
  Golungo Alto is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola....
  
   - branch terminus
• Musseques
  Musseques
  - Transport :It is served by a new station of the northern loop of the northern line of Angolan Railways.- References :...
  
  

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• Bungo
• Texatang

• Boavista
  Boavista
  Circuito da Boavista was a street circuit in Oporto , Portugal used twice for the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix.The course began at the harbor-front "Esplanada do Rio de Janeiro", continued on "Avenida da Boavista" , and then twisted its way through small neighborhoods back to the start-finish...
  
  

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• Cazenga
  Cazenga
  Cazenga is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It has a population of 425 000 inhabitants. It is also divided into three communes, namely Tala-Hady, Cazenga-Popular and Hoji-ya-Henda.- References :...
  
   - workshops

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• Luinha
  Luinha, Angola
  -Transport:It is served by a station on the Luanda Railway. There is a junction to a branchline to the south.- External links :*...
  
   - short branch

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• Luanda
  Luanda
  Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
  
  
• Barra do Dande proposed new port

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Middle line

(610mm gauge = closed )

• Gunza - port
• Gabala
  Gabala (Angola)
  Gabala is a town in Angola.Gabala has a mine which was connected by a 610mm narrow gauge railway to a port at Gunza.- External links :*...
  
   - terminus at mine

Central line (Benguela Railway)

( always 1067mm gauge )

• Lobito
  Lobito
  Lobito is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.It dates from 1905 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of the Benguela railway to the far interior, passing through Luau to Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The...
  
   - port
• Catumbela
  Catumbela
  Catumbela is a city and a municipality of the Benguela province in Angola.- Transport :Catumbela is served by a station on the national railway network as well as an airstrip....
  
  
• Benguela
  Benguela
  Benguela is a city in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E...
  
   - port
• Catengue
• Cubal
  Cubal
  Cubal is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.- External links :*...
  
   - 171 km
• Ganda
  Ganda, Angola
  Ganda is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.It lies on the central line of Angolan Railways where there is a junction....
  
  
• Caála
  Caála
  Caála is a town located in Huambo Province in Angola. It was known as Robert Williams town while Angola was a Portuguese colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town's last known population count was 22,010....
  
   - junction
• Huambo
  Huambo
  Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa , is the capital of Huambo province in Angola. The city is located about 220 km E from Benguela and 600 km SE from Luanda. The city's last known population count was 225,268...
  
   - (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) - workshops
• Kuito
  Kuito
  Kuito is a city located in central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Bié Province. Under Portuguese rule until 1975, it was called Silva Porto. Kuito was under siege in 1993/94 and again in 1998/99 by the rebel forces from UNITA...
  
  
• Camacupa
  Camacupa
  Camacupa is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola.It lies on the Central Railway of Angola which heads inland from the port of Benguela.- External links :*...
  
  
• Cuemba
  Cuemba
  Cuemba is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola....
  
  
• Chicala
• Luena
  Luena
  Luena can refer to:*Luena, Moxico Province, Angola, the Luena River, Angola which rises near it, and the Luena people, and ethnic group in the area*Luena River, the name of several rivers in south-central Africa*Luena, Cantabria, Spain...
  
  
• Luau - (1269 km) - border with Congo
  Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of Congo has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction, and the distances are enormous across this vast country...
  
  
• Dilola, Congo Kinshasa
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
  
  

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• Cavaco
  Cavaco, Angola
  - Cavaco River :The town of Cavaco is associated with the densely populated Cavaco River where several bridges have been recently constructed. - External links :*...
  
   River

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• Caála
  Caála
  Caála is a town located in Huambo Province in Angola. It was known as Robert Williams town while Angola was a Portuguese colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town's last known population count was 22,010....
  
   - junction
  • Cuima
    Cuima
    - Transport :It is the terminus of a branch railway that junctions of the Benguela Railway near Pais....
    
     - branch terminus

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• Benguela line junction
  • Short cut line due 2012
• Zambia

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway)

( originally 600mm gauge, converted to 1067mm gauge in the 1950s.

• Namibe
  Namibe
  Namibe is the capital city of Namibe Province in Angola. It is a coastal desert city located in southwestern Angola and was founded in 1840 by the Portuguese rulers of the territory. The city's current population is 132,900...
  
   - port
• Sacomar
  Sacomar, Angola
  - Transport :It is the location of marshalling yards associated with the nearby port of Namibe.- External links :*...
  
   - (~5 km) - marshalling yards
• Bibala
  Bibala
  - References :...
  
  
• Lubango
  Lubango
  Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Its last known population was 100,757. Until 1975, the city's official name was Sá da Bandeira.-Portuguese rule:...
  
   (246 km) - junction

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• Matala
  Matala, Angola
  Matala is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.- External links :*...
  
   - intermediate station
• Dongo - (500 km) - junction
• Dongo Novo
• Entroncamento
  Entroncamento
  Entroncamento is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 13.8 km² and a total population of 21,751 inhabitantsThe municipality is composed of 2 civil parishes, contains an important railway junction, and is located in Santarém District....
  
  
• Cubango
• Cuchi
  Cuchi
  Cuchi is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola.-Transport:It is served by a station on the southern main line of South Angolan Railways.-External links:*...
  
  
• Menongue
  Menongue
  Menongue is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola.It is the terminus of the southern railway from Namibe.-History:Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, was originally named for Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, a late 19th-century Portuguese explorer of the interior of...
  
   - terminus (756 km)

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• Caraculo
  Caraculo
  - Transport :It is served by a station on the southern line of Angolan Railways. Near this town the railway has been deviated from its original alignment to avoid steep gradients.In 2008, a concrete sleeper factory was being established at this town....
  
   - concrete sleeper
  Concrete sleeper
  A concrete sleeper is a railroad tie made out of steel reinforced concrete.-History:Concrete sleepers were first made in Germany in 1906 for use between Nuremberg and Bamberg.-Types:...
  
   plant in 2008

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• Lubango
  Lubango
  Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Its last known population was 100,757. Until 1975, the city's official name was Sá da Bandeira.-Portuguese rule:...
  
   - junction
• Chibia
  Chibia
  Chibia is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.It is served by a station on the southern network of the national railway network....
  
   - yards
• Chiange
  Chiange
  Chiange is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.It is terminus of a branch of the southern railway network, junctioning at Dongo....
  
   - branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with   Namibia
  Transport in Namibia
  - Road :Namibia's road network is regarded as one of the best on the continent; road construction and maintenance adheres to international standards. It consists of 25,000 km of gravel roads and 9,000 km of earth-graded roads...
  
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• Cuvelai
• Ondjiva
  Ondjiva
  Ondjiva is a town located in southern Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cunene Province.- Transport :...
  
   - provincial capital

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• Dongo, Huila, Angola
  Dongo, Huila, Angola
  Dongo is a town in southern Angola. It lies in Huíla Province. It is a junction on the southern railway for a branch line to Chamutete‎.- See also :* Railway stations in Angola* Transport in Angola...
  
   - junction
• Cassinga
  Cassinga
  Cassinga is a former town in the Huíla province of southern Angola.The transliteration Kassinga is also commonly used, with the "K" being a mutation of the original Portuguese name either by German miners, or by indigenous people in whose language the letter "K" is also common...
  
   - iron ore
• Chamutete
  Chamutete
  Chamutete is a town in southern Angola. Chamutete is also spelled Techamutete. It lies in Huíla Province.- Transport :It is currently terminus for a branch railway from Dongo on the Southern Railway system. In 2007, talks between Angola and Namibia were considering the interlinking of their...
  
   - branch terminus

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• Cuto
  Cuto
  - External links :*...
  
  

Northern

• Integrated Railway System would build the following:
• Luanda
  Luanda
  Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
  
   through the provinces of Bengo
  Bengo (province)
  Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. According to 1988 statistics, there were 18,700 people living in urban areas with 137,400 in rural areas, with a total of 156,100 residents...
  
  , Uíge
  Uíge (province)
  Uíge , one of the eighteen Provinces of Angola, is located in the northwestern part of the country. Its capital city is of the same name. Municipalities within the province include Zombo, Quimbele, Damba, Mucaba, Bungu, Macocola, Bembe, Buengas, Sanza Pombo, Alto Cauale, Puri, Negage, Quitexe,...
  
  , Zaire
  Zaire (province)
  One of the 18 provinces of Angola. It occupies 40,130 square kilometres in the north west of the country and has a population of approximately 600,000. It has a tropical climate...
  
   and Cabinda
  Cabinda (province)
  Cabinda is an exclave and province of Angola, a status that has been disputed by many political organizations in the territory. The capital city is also called Cabinda. The province is divided into four municipalities - Belize, Buco Zau, Cabinda and Cacongo.Modern Cabinda is the result of a fusion...
  
  
• Pointe Noire-Brazzaville
  Brazzaville
  -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
  
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Southern

• Chamutete
  Chamutete
  Chamutete is a town in southern Angola. Chamutete is also spelled Techamutete. It lies in Huíla Province.- Transport :It is currently terminus for a branch railway from Dongo on the Southern Railway system. In 2007, talks between Angola and Namibia were considering the interlinking of their...
  
   railhead
• Cuvelai
  Cuvelai, Cunene
  - Transport :Cuvelai is not currently served by rail, but in 2008 a proposed railway line linking Angola and Namibia would serve this town.- External links :*...
  
  
• Ondjiva
  Ondjiva
  Ondjiva is a town located in southern Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cunene Province.- Transport :...
  
   - provincial capital
• Namacunde Santa Clara - near border with Namibia Oshikango
  Oshikango
  Oshikango is a village in northern Namibia and a border post to Angola. Since 2004 it is part of the town of Helao Nafidi but still maintains its own village council. It is the district capital of the Oshikango Constituency...
  
  , Namibia
  Railway stations in Namibia
  - Maps :* * -Existing:* Ondangwa - junction** Oshakati* Tsumeb* Otavi - junction for Grootfontein* Grootfontein - branch terminus.* Outjo - railhead* Otjiwarongo - junction for Outjo* Omaruru* Kalkfeld - short siding* Seeheim - junction for Lüderitz‎...
  
   - (Angola-Namibia border) Ondangwa railhead

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• Matala
  Matala, Angola
  Matala is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola.- External links :*...
  
   October 2009
• Lubango
  Lubango
  Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Its last known population was 100,757. Until 1975, the city's official name was Sá da Bandeira.-Portuguese rule:...
  
   - junction

See also

• Transport in Angola
  Transport in Angola
  - Railways :There are three separate railway lines in Angola:* Luanda Railway * Benguela Railway * Moçâmedes Railway - Highways :* total: 52,429 km* paved: 5,349 km* unpaved: 46,080 km...
  
  
• Forum on African Railways