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=== Future Changes=== | === Future Changes=== | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 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- Online: Railways Through Europe - out of date
- Printed: World Rail Atlas - North, East and Central Africa by Neil Robinson - out of date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 Note that this may be substantially out of date.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.
Recent and Future Changes
Recent Changes
The 760 km standard gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway commenced operation in 2018.
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
