The Moçâmedes Railway ( Portuguese : Caminho de Ferro de Moçâmedes (CFM) ) is an 860 km railway line in Angola , between Moçâmedes and Menongue . The line is operated by the company Caminhos de Ferro de Moçâmedes E.P. The port city of Moçâmedes was renamed Namibe between 1985 and 2016, so the railway was sometimes called the Namibe Railway ( Portuguese : Caminho de Ferro do Namibe ). However, the railway company retained its original legal name.
5-493: Its cargo flow point is made through the port of Namibe . Construction began on the railway in 1905, when Angola was a Portuguese colony. The railway was opened to traffic in 1910, and continued to be extended inland until it reached its current terminus at Menongue (formerly Serpa Pinto) in December 1961. The line was originally built with 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) narrow gauge track, but it
10-585: The bay of Namibe , a coastal indentation linked to the Atlantic Ocean . The port belongs to the Angolan government, which is responsible for its administration through the public company Empresa Portuária do Namibe. This company was established to administer the license for terminals for loading and unloading, in addition to the passenger terminal. Together with the ports of Lobito ( Benguela ), Luanda ( Luanda ), Soyo ( Zaire ) and Cabinda ( Cabinda ), it forms
15-460: The Moçâmedes Railway between 2006 and 2015. The railway is expected to serve mines at Chamutete and Cassinga This Africa rail-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Port of Namibe The port of Namibe , or port of Moçâmedes , is an Angolan port located in the city of Moçâmedes , in the province of Namibe . It is built on the banks of
20-581: The largest port complexes in the country. It is the largest port in the south of the country. The port is the outlet point of the Moçâmedes railway , which carries cargo from the city of Menongue in the Cuando-Cubango Province . Another important outflow connection is made via the EN-100 highway. Emerged as a fishing port in the 15th century, it became a port for slave traffic from the 17th century; it
25-548: Was re-gauged to 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) Cape gauge in 1950, matching the gauge of other lines in Angola and southern Africa. After Angola obtained its independence from Portugal in 1975, the Angolan Civil War broke out, resulting in the destruction of most of Angola's railway infrastructure. When the fighting ended in 2002, the Angolan government sought to restore rail service. The China Hyway Group rebuilt
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