Benguela Railway

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Benguela Railway is a major Angolan railway line that historically linked the country’s interior and neighboring regions to the Atlantic port of Lobito, serving as a key route for freight and passenger transport.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail transport infrastructure ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
completedToBorderWithDRC 1929 ⓘ
connectsMiningRegion Copperbelt ⓘ
linked to: Copperbelt region

Katanga ⓘ
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Port of Lobito ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1903 ⓘ
constructionUnder Portuguese colonial administration ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
designedAs export corridor for minerals ⓘ
economicImportance facilitates mineral exports from Central Africa ⓘ
supports regional trade integration ⓘ
electrification none ⓘ
gauge 1067 mm ⓘ
Cape gauge ⓘ
historicalOperator Caminho de Ferro de Benguela concession company ⓘ
historicalRole key route for agricultural exports ⓘ
key route for copper exports ⓘ
link between Katanga mining region and Atlantic coast ⓘ
linkType land bridge between interior and Atlantic port ⓘ
locatedIn Angola ⓘ
namedAfter Benguela Province ⓘ
openingDate 1912 ⓘ
operator Caminho de Ferro de Benguela ⓘ
linked to: Benguela Railway
owner Government of Angola ⓘ
partOf Lobito Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Lobito
passesThrough Benguela Province ⓘ
Bié Province ⓘ
Huambo Province ⓘ
Moxico Province ⓘ
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed Angolan interior ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
rehabilitationContractor China Railway 20 Bureau Group ⓘ
rehabilitationPeriod 2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
rehabilitationSupportFrom China ⓘ
reopenedForFreight 2010s ⓘ
reopenedForPassengers 2010s ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminus Lobito ⓘ
Luau ⓘ
trackGaugeType narrow gauge ⓘ
trackType single track ⓘ
wasSeverelyDamagedDuring Angolan Civil War ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huambo → railwayServedBy → Benguela Railway ⓘ
Lobito → connectedBy → Benguela Railway ⓘ
Lobito → partOf → Benguela railway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Benguela Railway
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo → connectsToRailwayNetwork → Angola rail network ⓘ
linked to: Benguela Railway
Nova Lisboa → locatedOn → Benguela Railway ⓘ
Benguela Railway → operator → Caminho de Ferro de Benguela ⓘ
linked to: Benguela Railway
Luau → locatedOn → Benguela railway ⓘ
linked to: Benguela Railway
Caála → usesRailway → Benguela Railway ⓘ
Luena → railwayLine → Benguela Railway ⓘ