Railway stations in

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include:

Towns served by rail

North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)

(Also known as ''

Luanda Railway The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. A branch line departs the railway at Zenza do Itombe for Dondo. The line is operated by the state ow ...

'') (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge) *

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

– port – national capital; junction ** Bungo (0 km) Start of Duplication. **

Caxito Caxito is a town, with a population of 55,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande Dande, with its capital at Barra do Dande, is a municipality in Bengo Province in Angola. Subdivisions Dande comprises seven communes as follow ...

– branch terminus; provincial capital ** Quicabo * Funda **

Cabiri In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri ( grc, Κάβειροι, ''Kábeiroi''), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaest ...

– branch terminus *

Sambizanga Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda, Angola. Overview Sambizanga has a 14.5 km² area and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limited to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, ...

Rangel Rangel (, ) is a surname of Portuguese origin. Rangel is a toponymic surname. The origin of the term is uncertain but French And Germanic roots are discussed, one are from the German "ragin-walt" - a mighty ruler. Other theory about the origin ...

* Cazenga – workshops * Viana (23 km) – suburban station; stadium ** (junction) **

Baía Farta Baía Farta is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 107,841 in 2014. See also *List of lighthouses in Angola This is a list of lighthouses in Angola. Lighthouses See also * List of ligh ...

branch terminus; end of duplication * Camizunzo * Catete *

Zenza do Itombe Zenza do Itombe is a town and Communes of Angola, commune in the municipality of Cambambe, province of Cuanza Norte Province, Cuanza Norte, Angola. Transport It is served by a junction railway station of the Luanda Railway. It was the place of ...

– junction ** Dondo – branch terminus ** Quixinge – branch extension * Beira Alta (Angola, Cuanza Norte) * Canhoca – junction ** Cambondo – branch terminus *

N'dalatando N'dalatando, formerly Vila Salazar, is a town, with a population of 161,584 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cazengo, province of Cuanza Norte, Angola. It is also the seat of the Cazengo municipality and the provincial capital. H ...

Cacuso Cacuso is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , rel ...

* Lombe *

Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent be ...

(479 km) – terminus *

Golungo Alto Golungo Alto is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion ...

– branch terminus ---- * Musseques – first passenger halt from port * Filda * Grafanil * Estagem *

Comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

* Viana * Pomagol ---- * Bungo * Texatang * Boa Vista ---- * Cazenga – workshops ---- * Luinha – short branch ---- *

Barra do Dande Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola. It is located at the mouth of the Dande River. The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Da ...

proposed new port ----

Middle line

(610mm gauge = closed) *

Porto Amboim Porto Amboim is a port town in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola with a population of 65,000; it comprises an area of 4,638 km. In the past Porto Amboim was connected by an isolated 123 km narrow gauge railway to Gabela, albeit closed in 198 ...

– port * Gabela – terminus at mine

Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)

(all 1067 mm gauge) *

Lobito Lobito is a Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Angola. It is located in Benguela Province, on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary. The Lobito municipality had a population of 393,079 in 2014. History The city was founded in ...

– port and terminus *

Catumbela Catumbela is a city and municipality of the Benguela province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 175,805 in 2014. History In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Portuguese built ''Forte de São Pedro'' to establish themselv ...

– junction of original route (now Benguela branch) with 1948 deviation *

Benguela Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census. History Por ...

– port, terminus of branch line since 1948 *

Catengue Catengue is an Angolan commune. It belongs to the municipality of Caimbambo, in the province of Benguela Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cit ...

– on steeply graded section of original route which was bypassed and abandoned in 1948 * Caimbambo – end of 1948 deviation *

Cubal Cubal is a town and Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Benguela Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 305,632 in 2014. Transport It has a station on the central line of Benguela Railway, Angolan Railways. See als ...

– 171 km *

Ganda Ganda may refer to: Places * Ganda, Angola * Ganda, Tibet, China * Ganda, the ancient Latin name of Ghent, a city in Belgium Other uses * Baganda or Ganda, a people of Uganda ** Luganda or Ganda language, a language of Uganda * ''Ganda'' and "Ga ...

Caála Caála is a town and a municipality located 23 km west of the city of Huambo, in the namesake province in Angola. It was known as Vila Robert Williams while Angola was a Portuguese colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining magna ...

– junction of Cuima branch *

Huambo Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: ''New Lisbon''), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304 in the city and a population of 713,134 in the municipality of Huambo (Cen ...

– (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) – workshops * Chinguar * Kuito *

Camacupa Camacupa is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , relig ...

Cuemba Cuemba is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 56,963 in 2014. See also * Railway stations in Angola Railway stations in Angola include: Towns served by rail North line (Luanda Railwa ...

* Chicala * Luena *

Luacano Luacano is a town and municipality in Moxico Province, Angola. The municipality had a population of 20,755 in 2014. The Luacano River (''Rio Luacano'') flows past the town to the west before entering the Kasai River, which forms the border between ...

junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper minesRailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06 * Luau – (1269 km) – border with DRCongo *

Dilolo Dilolo is a town in Lualaba province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies within five miles of the eastern bank of the Luao River, the DRC-Angolan border, and the Angolan town of Luau, at an altitude of 3510 ft (1069 m). Transport ...

, Congo Kinshasa ---- * Cavaco River ---- *

– junction ** Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river ---- * Benguela line junction ** Proposed short cut line due 2012 ** Benguela Railway (CFB) **

junction to Zambia ** Jimbe border checkpoint **

Chingola Chingola is a city in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, the country's copper-mining region, with a population of 216,626 (2010 census). It is the home of Nchanga Copper Mine, a deep-shaft high-grade content copper mining operation, which subsequent ...

, Zambia – railhead

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

(originally gauge, converted to gauge in the 1950s.) *

Moçâmedes Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000 (2014 census). Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese Angola, Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 198 ...

– port * Sacomar – (~5 km) – marshalling yards * Bibala *

Lubango Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in 2022. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola af ...

(246 km) – junction ---- * Maquelo, * Laceiras, * Micose, * Cabanas, *

Kapunda Kapunda is a town on the Light River and near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census. The southern entrance ...

, * Kuvango (Huíla), *

Tombolo A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. A tombolo, from the Italian ', meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated incorrectly as ''ayre'' (an ayre is a shingle beach of any kind), is a deposition landform by which an island become ...

, * Vembambi, * Viungue * Kuelei. ---- * Matala – intermediate station * Dongo – (500 km) – junction * Dongo Novo *

Entroncamento Entroncamento () is a Portuguese municipality in district of Santarém in the Médio Tejo Subregion (''Middle Tagus'') of the Centro Region. The population in 2011 was 20,206, in an area of 13.73 km². Situated in the Ribatejo, it benefits f ...

* Cubango *

Cuchi __NOTOC__ Cuchi is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The population of the municipality was 42,974 in 2014. Transport It is served by a station on the southern main line of South Angolan Railways. Climate Average an ...

Menongue Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominan ...

– terminus (756 km) ---- * Caraculo –

concrete sleeper A concrete sleeper (British English) or concrete tie (American English) is a type of railway sleeper or railroad tie made out of steel reinforced concrete. History In 1877, Joseph Monier, a French gardener, suggested that concrete reinforced ...

plant in 2008 ---- *

– junction *

Chibia Chibia is a town and Municipalities of Angola, municipality in the province of Huíla Province, Huíla, Angola. The municipality had a population of 190,670 in 2014. It is served by a station on the southern network of the national railway networ ...

– yards *

Chiange Chiange is a town and commune in the municipality of Gambos, province of Huíla, Angola. It is also the seat of the municipality of Gambos. Chiange covers and as of 2011 had a population of 151,375. It is terminus of a branch of the Moçâmed ...

– branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. *

Cuvelai Cuvelai is a town and municipality in Cunene Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , rel ...

Ondjiva Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eça, is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the administrative capital of Cunene Province and is located at the ext ...

– provincial capital ---- * Dongo – junction *

Cassinga Cassinga or Kassinga is a town and commune in the municipality of Jamba, province of Huíla, Angola. It is situated on an old and important two-track road from Jamba to Huambo. Established as an ore mine and during the Civil War allegedly u ...

– iron ore *

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 ...

– branch terminus in far south ---- * Cuto ---- * (Unknown location) * Namialo –

plant.

Proposed

Northern

* Integrated Railway System would build the following: *

through the provinces of Bengo,

Uíge Uíge ( kg, Wizidi), formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 322,531 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 519,196 (2014 census), located in the province of the same name. I ...

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

and Cabinda * Luena * Luau *

Matadi Matadi is the chief sea port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the Kongo Central province, adjacent to the border with Angola. It had a population of 245,862 (2004). Matadi is situated on the left bank of the Congo River, ...

** junction with Matadi-Kinshasa Railway ** includes road-rail

Matadi Bridge The Matadi Bridge, also known as the OEBK Bridge for ''Organisation pour l’équipement de Banana-Kinshasa'', and formerly known as Pont Maréchal in French, is a suspension bridge across the Congo River at Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Co ...

over

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Cabinda Province Cabinda (formerly called Portuguese Congo, kg, Kabinda) is an exclave and province of Angola in Africa, a status that has been disputed by several political organizations in the territory. The capital city is also called Cabinda, known locall ...

exclave *

Pointe Noire Pointe-Noire (; kg, Njinji, french: Ndjindji with the letter d following French spelling standards) is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department since 2004. Before ...

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

Central North

* Kuito

Railway Gazette International ''Railway Gazette International'' is a monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport p ...

September 2012, p. 42

Central (Benguela line)

Moxico province Moxico (Portuguese spelling) or Moshiko (Bantu spelling) is the largest province of Angola. It has an area of , and covers 18% of the landmass of Angola. The province has a population of 758,568 (2014 census) and a population density of approxim ...

east junction ** Short cut line due 2012; current route via

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Lumwana Lumwana '' is a mining town located in Mwinilunga District, within the North-Western Province, Zambia, North-Western Province of Zambia. Geography The town is located on the T5 Road (Zambia), T5 Highway, approximately , by road, west of Solwezi a ...

line **

Solwezi Solwezi is a town in Zambia. It is the provincial capital of the mineral-rich North-Western Province. Solwezi is also the administrative capital of Solwezi District, one of the eleven districts in the North-Western Province. Location Solwezi ...

new mining town **

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

Central South

* Kuito * Dondo

Southern

* Dongo – junction *

railhead in south; also spelled Tchamutete. *

Cuvelai Cuvelai is a town and municipality in Cunene Province in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , rel ...

–

provincial capital A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the g ...

Namacunde Namacunde or Namakunde is a town and municipality in Cunene Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 142,047 in 2014. History as a mission station Namacunde was a mission station of the Rhenish Mission Society in Oukwanyama in s ...

---- *

* Cuvango * Santa-Clara, Angola – near border with Namibia *

Oshikango Oshikango is a former village in northern Namibia and since 2004 part of the town of Helao Nafidi, although it still maintained its own village council for a number of years. ''Oshikango'' is still the name of the border post with Angola and the ...

– (Angola-Namibia border) * Ondangwa railhead in north of

---- * Matala October 2009 *

– junction

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