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The ''Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo'' (LKD) was a railway concession owner in the
The ''Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo'' (LKD) was created through a 16 September 1927 agreement between the government and BCK, and was an administrative and financial vehicle.
The government was its main shareholder, and granted it concessions for the three lines: Bukama–Port-Francqui, Tenke–Dilolo and Port-Francqui–Léopoldville.
Construction and operation of the lines was subcontracted to BCK.
BCK was responsible for all the track, and operated the network and equipment as a whole.
The line from Tenke to Dilolo was completed in 1931.
At Dilolo the BCK network connected to the Benguela railway, which carried goods to the port of
Congo Free State
''(Work and Progress)
, national_anthem = Vers l'avenir
, capital = Vivi Boma
, currency = Congo Free State franc
, religion = Catholicism (''de facto'')
, leader1 = Leopo ...
, Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Colo ...
.
The network was built, maintained and operated by the ''Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga
The ''Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga'' (BCK) was a railway operator in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and later in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire. Most of the lines were in the southern Katanga Province, wit ...
'' (BCK).
History
The ''Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo'' (LKD) was created through a 16 September 1927 agreement between the government and BCK, and was an administrative and financial vehicle.
The government was its main shareholder, and granted it concessions for the three lines: Bukama–Port-Francqui, Tenke–Dilolo and Port-Francqui–Léopoldville.
Construction and operation of the lines was subcontracted to BCK.
BCK was responsible for all the track, and operated the network and equipment as a whole.
The line from Tenke to Dilolo was completed in 1931.
At Dilolo the BCK network connected to the Benguela railway, which carried goods to the port of 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 ...
on the Atlantic.
In 1952 LKD merged with ''Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga
The ''Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga'' (CFK) was a railway company in the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo between 1902 and 1952.
It held the railway concession that linked the port of Bukama on the navigable section of the Lualaba River t ...
'' CFK to form the ''Compagnie des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville
The ''Société des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville'' (KDL) was a railway concession owner in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo.
The network was built, maintained and operated by the ''Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katan ...
'' (KDL).
KDL held the rail network concessions in Katanga, while BCK was the operator.
Network
*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 ...
- Tenke, ()
*: Dilolo - Kasaji, (), opened , June 1930
*: Kasaji - Manika, Kolwezi
Manika is a commune of the city of Kolwezi in the 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 D ...
, (), opened 10 March 1931
*: Manika - Divuma – Tenke , (), opened 26 April 1931
* Divuma – Kisenge mines, (), opened in 1931, branch line
See also
*Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rail transport is provided in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the ''Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo'' (SNCC), the Société commerciale des transports et des ports (SCTP) ''(previously Office National des Transports'' ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT: Railway companies of the Belgian Congo 1927 establishments in the Belgian Congo 1952 disestablishments in the Belgian Congo