Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo

The Société Nationale des chemins de fer du Congo (SNCC; "National Railway Company of the Congo") is the national railway company for the inland railways of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lubumbashi Central Railway Station
Société Nationale des chemins de fer du Congo
Company typeRailway company
Founded29 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-29)
Area served
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Websitewww.snccsa.com

History

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The railway took over the assets of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois (SNCZ; "National Railway Company of Zaire"). Due to the civil war, the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. During the war, 500 km of railway in the provinces of Maniema and Katanga were destroyed. A million dollar grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is helping to pay for the section's repair. Charities often use the railway to distribute food and other supplies. Despite foreign support, SNCC was again on the brink of collapse in 2010; to prevent this, in June 2010 the World Bank gave a 255 million US dollar grant.[1]

The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway is operated by ONATRA, under an agreement with the CNC.

Network

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The railway network of the Belgian Congo, pre-1960

3,641 kilometres (of which 858 kilometres electrified) in Katanga, Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental and Maniema.

Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)  :

Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Railway Gazette: Grant to save DR Congo railway from collapse". Archived from the original on 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ^ Chinese to plug Ilebo – Kinshasa gap in DR Congo Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International October 2007
  3. ^ Benguela Railway's renovation completed by august 2013 Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine railwaysafrica.com August 2013
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