Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway

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The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway is a modern electrified standard-gauge rail line linking Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa with the port city of Djibouti, serving as a key trade and transport corridor for landlocked Ethiopia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electrified railway line ⓘ
international railway line ⓘ
standard-gauge railway ⓘ
builder China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation ⓘ
China Railway Group Limited ⓘ
connects Addis Ababa ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Djibouti Port ⓘ
linked to: Port of Djibouti

Ethiopia ⓘ
constructionStart 2011 ⓘ
country Djibouti ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
designedFor high-capacity freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
fundingSource Export–Import Bank of China ⓘ
gauge 1,435 mm ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
historicalPredecessor meter-gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway ⓘ
importance critical outlet to the sea for Ethiopia ⓘ
length approximately 750 km ⓘ
openedForFreight 2018 ⓘ
openedForPassengers 2018 ⓘ
openingDate 2016 ⓘ
operator Ethiopian Railway Corporation ⓘ
Société Djiboutienne de Chemin de Fer ⓘ
partOf Ethiopia’s national railway network ⓘ
passesThrough Oromia Region ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
purpose to lower logistics costs for Ethiopian trade ⓘ
to reduce transport time between Addis Ababa and Djibouti Port ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
replaced Ethiopian–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
replacesMode road transport along Addis Ababa–Djibouti corridor ⓘ
role key transport corridor for landlocked Ethiopia ⓘ
main trade corridor for Ethiopia ⓘ
secondaryFunction passenger transport ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
strategicSignificance enhances regional integration in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
supports Ethiopia’s export and import activities ⓘ
terminus Addis Ababa ⓘ
Djibouti City ⓘ
terminusStation Furi–Lebu station ⓘ
Nagad Railway Station ⓘ
trackConfiguration double track near Addis Ababa ⓘ
single track on most sections ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

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Djibouti City → railway → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Port of Djibouti → connectedTo → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Port of Tadjoura → connectedTo → Ethiopia–Djibouti transport corridor ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Arta Region → hasTransportLink → Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Djibouti Region → hasTransportInfrastructure → Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway terminus ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway → historicalPredecessor → meter-gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Doraleh Multipurpose Port → connectedTo → Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Djibouti–Addis Ababa road corridor → parallelInfrastructure → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Eastern Ethiopia → hasTransportRoute → Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway corridor ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Ethiopia
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Dire Dawa → railConnection → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Dire Dawa → railConnection → Ethiopian–Djiboutian railway network ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Holhol → servedBy → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Holhol → servedBy → Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Adama → connectedBy → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Dire Dawa chartered city → isImportantFor → Ethiopia–Djibouti railway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Nazret → hasRailConnection → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Dire Dawa → connectedBy → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: Dire Dawa (nearby watershed)
Mojo → railConnectionTo → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway (corridor) ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Ethiopia–Djibouti border → relatedInfrastructure → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Ethiopian Railway Corporation → operatesRailwayLine → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Furi–Lebu station → terminusOf → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Furi–Lebu station → partOf → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Furi–Lebu station → servesLine → Addis Ababa–Sebeta section of Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Nagad Railway Station → partOf → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Nagad Railway Station → terminusOf → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Nagad Railway Station → railwayLine → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Ethiopian–Djibouti Railway → successor → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ