Congo (Democratic Republic)

Country Details

See Wikipedia

National Railway System

UIC code

alpha CD

National Railway Operator

National Railway Society of Congo/Société Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Du Congo - SNCC - website in French.

See also Railways in the Democratic Republic of Congo description at sinfin.net.

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 Note that this may be substantially out of date.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.

Maps

Printed Maps

World Rail Atlas - North, East and Central Africa by Neil Robinson.

Infrastructure

Gauges

• 1067 mm (3 foot 6 inches) - Cape Gauge - ~3,600 km (2002).
• 1000 mm - Metre - 125 km (2002).
• 600 mm ((1 foot 11 +5⁄8 inches) - ~ 1,000 km (2002)

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz

Covering 858 km of the Cape Gauge lines.

Rule of the road

Not known; probably single throughout.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

None known.