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Ethiopia aims to build a 5,000 km network of railways. | Ethiopia aims to build a 5,000 km network of standard gauge railways. | ||
See the Railways section in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Ethiopia Transport in Ethiopia]. | See the Railways section in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Ethiopia Transport in Ethiopia]. |
Revision as of 16:39, 3 August 2023
Country Details
See Wikipedia
Railway System
National Railway Operator
Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC)
Infrastructure
Gauges
- Metre and Standard
New lines are standard gauge replacing the older metre gauge.
Electrification
- 25 kV 50 Hz for the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
- 750 V DC overhead for Addis Ababa LRT
Rule of the road
Left;
Maps
- Online: Railways Through Europe - out of date
- Printed: World Rail Atlas - North, East and Central Africa by Neil Robinson - out of date
Timetable
- Online: unofficial timetable information is available at Fahrplancenter. Note that this may be substantially out of date.
- Printed: summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.
Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.
Trams/LRT Systems
Addis Ababa has a 2 line, 32 km, standard gauge Light Rail System run by the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC).
See UrbanRail for system diagram.
Future Changes
Ethiopia aims to build a 5,000 km network of standard gauge railways.
See the Railways section in Transport in Ethiopia.
Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services
None known