Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
In advance of the resumption of full public service on the 424km Luanda-Ndalatando-Malanje line in December, a training course for technicians is to run from September until January 2011. According to Adalberto de Morais, an official of Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL), subjects covered will include line control and station management. The line was [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Three fuel storage containers have been installed along the 424km main-line of Angola’s Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) by the National Oil Company (Sonangol), to facilitate transport and reduce shortage in the region, news agency Angop reports. The information was released by Sonangol storage official Alda da Silva. In the first phase, 240,000 litres [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
At about 21:00 on 25 July, a test train arrived in Malanje, endpoint of the 424km line from Luanda, conveying a party including Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) president Osvaldo Lobo do Nascimento. Extensive rehabilitation of the line began in 2005, following 13 years out of operation following the start of the civil war. [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to Angola’s deputy minister of transport Jose Joao Kuvingwa, speaking in Huambo on 26 July, Caminhos de ferro de Benguela (CFB) may be able to resume full operation during the first half of 2011, one year earlier than the schedule previously set. The government is investing some $US200 million in rehabilitating the line, he [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Speaking on 16 July in Lubango, southern Huila Province, after a 700km journey on the rehabilitated Caminhos de ferro Namibe (CFN – formerly the Moçamedes Railway), Angolan deputy minister of transport José João Kuvingua said some 600 families have to be relocated from railway land in Lubango City and 32 others in Menongue. Reopening of [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
In terms of a recovery plan to restore the financial and operational viability of Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais (SNCC – the state railway in the Democratic Republic of Congo), the department has been allocated 90% of funding being made available under a World Bank-backed multimodal transport project. The package is intended to [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) has begun offering goods transport between Luanda and Dondo (190km). Intermediate localities served include Viana (Luanda), Catete and Maria Teresa (Bengo), Zenza do Itombe and Cassualala (Kwanza Norte). A tariff of “about AKZ 80.436” is quoted for moving 44 tons. CFL operations head Aurélio Russo says the twice-weekly service [...] [...more]
Posted on 19 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The 424km Luanda-Malanje main-line is scheduled to be back in operation before the end of July, according to Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) chairman Osvaldo Lobo do Nascimento, quoted in the state newspaper Jornal de Angola. He said he had met with the contractor and inspector of the project and had been informed conditions [...] [...more]
Posted on 12 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
During a recent visit to Lubango, 246km east of the port of Namibe, Angola’s minister of transport Augusto da Silva Tomás introduced members of the administration council of Caminhos de ferro Namibe (CFN), formerly known as the Moçamedes Railway. Daniel Quipache chairs the council. João Lima Oliveira is administrator for accounting and finances, Tchilavo Teodoro [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On 20 June, Angolan minister of transport Augusto da Silva Tomás inaugurated a clinic in Lubango City, southern Huila Province, that will serve the workers of Caminhos de ferro Namibe (CFN) – formerly the Moçâmedes Railway. The new clinic, which cost over $US10 million, has 50 beds. Initially there are to be six physicians and twelve [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
“Last Wednesday after an interesting wander round the workshops looking at carriages and restaurant cars I decided to take the 19:00 train to Mombasa. A stroll along to the station showed a motley collection of mzungus buying tickets and after paying my 3,660 shs cash, no cards, I collected a ticket and assorted paperwork and [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On conclusion of a test journey from Luanda to Dondo (190km) on 21 June, Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) chairman Osvaldo Lobo do Nascimento announced that train service to Malanje (424km) is expected to resume in July 2010. All track rehabilitation and station renovation, he said, is complete. Altogether, 40 bridges and culverts have [...] [...more]
