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Chinese-Built Railway In Angola Open To Traffic // Chemin De Fer Chinois Construit En Angola Ouverte A La Circulation




Chinese-built railway in Angola open to traffic

An employee works on a high-speed train model CRH380B at a final assembly line of China CNR’s Tangshan railway vehicle factory in Tangshan, Hebei province, on Wednesday. KIMKYUNGHOON / REUTERS

BEIJING — A 1,344-kilometer railway built by China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) for Angola was completed and open to traffic on Saturday, the company told Xinhua.

The railway linking coastal city Lobito in the west and Luau bordering Angola is the second longest railway built by a Chinese company for Africa, after the Tanzania-Zambia railway.

The Tanzania-Zambia railway was built in the 1970s.

Stretching 1,860 km from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia, the railway was formally handed over to the Tanzanian and Zambian governments in 1976.

Chinese-built railway in Angola open to traffic

The Chinese government provided a total of $500 million in interest-free loans for the construction of the Tazara Railway. Provided to China Daily

The Chinese government provided a total of $500 million in interest-free loans for the construction of the railway and technical and equipment support since its operation.

The Lobito-Angola railway, built since 2004, will be linked with the Angola-Zambian railway and the Tanzania-Zambia railway in the future, according to the company.

China is willing to help Africa to realize its dream of building up a high-speed railway network, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his visit to Kenya in January.

China Road and Bridge Corp is building a Mombasa-Nairobi railway that eventually will be extended to five other countries at a total cost of $13.8 billion.

Wang Mengshu, a tunnel and railway expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said China has rich expertise and experience in designing, building and operating a high-speed rail network, so the nation should be an ideal option for any foreign countries that want to build their own high-speed rail lines.

FRENCH VERSION

Un chemin de fer de 1 344 kilomètres construite par ChinaRailway Construction Corporation (CRCC) pour l’Angola a étéachevée et ouverte à la circulation le samedi, la compagnie a déclaré à Xinhua.

La voie ferrée reliant la ville côtière de Lobito et dans l’Ouest et leLuau bordant l’Angola est le deuxième plus long chemin de ferconstruit par une société chinoise pour l’Afrique, après le chemin de fer Tanzanie-Zambie.

Le chemin de fer Tanzanie-Zambie a été construit dans lesannées 1970.

Qui s’étend de 1 860 km entre Dar es Salaam et Kapiri Mposhi enZambie, le chemin de fer a été officiellement remis auxgouvernements tanzaniens et zambiens en 1976.

Chemin de fer chinois construit en Angola ouverte à la circulation

Le gouvernement chinois a fourni un total de $ 500 millions enprêts sans intérêt pour la construction du chemin de fer Tazara.Servi tous les jours en Chine

Le gouvernement chinois a fourni qu’un total de $ 500 millionsen prêts sans intérêt pour la construction du chemin de fer ettechniques et l’équipement de soutien depuis son opération.

Le chemin de fer de Lobito-Angola, construit depuis 2004, seralié avec le chemin de fer de l’Angola-Zambie et le chemin de ferTanzanie-Zambie à l’avenir, selon la compagnie.

La Chine est disposée à aider l’Afrique à réaliser son rêve deconstruire un réseau ferroviaire à grande vitesse, ministre desaffaires étrangères Wang Yi a déclaré au cours de sa visite auKenya en janvier.

China Road and Bridge Corp construit un chemin de fer deMombasa-Nairobi qui sera finalement étendue à cinq autres payspour un coût total de $ 13,8 milliards.

Wang Mengshu, un tunnel et le chemin de fer expert àl’Académie chinoise d’ingénierie, a dit que la Chine a richeexpertise et expérience dans la conception, de construction etd’exploitation d’un réseau ferroviaire à grande vitesse, donc lanation devrait être la solution idéale pour n’importe quel paysétrangers qui veulent construire leur propre ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse.



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