Railway stations in Angola

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Angola railway network (interactive version)
1067mm gauge tracks,
610mm gauge tracks (closed) ;
1067mm proposed Railways in Angola.svg
Angola railway network (interactive version)
1067mm gauge tracks, 
610mm gauge tracks (closed)
;
1067mm proposed

Railway stations in Angola include:

Towns served by rail

North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)

(Also known as Luanda Railway [1] ) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)

Contents







Middle line

(610mm gauge = closed)

Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)

(all 1067 mm gauge)




South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)

(originally 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) gauge, [12] converted to 1,067 millimetres (3 ft 6.0 in) gauge in the 1950s.)








Proposed

Northern

Central North

Central (Benguela line)

Central South

Southern



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