Matadi Kinshasa Railway

Office National des Transports (Congo), Portage railway, Congo-Ocean Railway, Congo Railway
Herausgegeben:Benoit, Knútr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway is a railway line in Kongo Central Province between the port of Matadi and Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway was built from 1890 to 1898. Its length is 366 kilometres and it is run by ONATRA. In the 1880s the exploration and exploitation of the Congo territory was carried out by the Congo Free State, which benefitted from hydrographic network of the Congo River. But between Matadi and Kinshasa, the river was not navigable, being barred by the Livingstone Falls, which follow one another for 300 kilometres. Transport was done by human bearers, which was not very efficient and often fatal. Therefore it was decided to build a railway line along this route.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Dict
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138353188
• ISBN-10: 6138353188
• Artikelnr.: 35249489