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The Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway supersedes the Ethio-Djibouti Railway, a metre-gauge railway that was originally built by the French from 1894 to 1917, which for some time in the 20th century was the only way to reach Ethiopia from the outside world.
The Ethio-Djibouti Railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge railway built in 1897–1917. The line connected the new Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa (1886) to the Port of Djibouti in French Somaliland, providing landlocked Ethiopia with railway access to the sea.
The railway might be extended to the proposed Bridge of the Horns and Yemen later. An extension of the port section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway. This branch line would depart from Nagad train station then passing Camp Lemonnier and going to the border with Somaliland at the coast close to the villages of Damerjog / Loyada. Primary ...
Of the around 1364 km of railways in January 2018, ~800 km were fully operational (the Addis Ababa Light Rail and the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti). Two railways are under construction, the Awash–Weldiya Railway with 392 km length, and the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway with 216 kilometres (134 mi) in length.
Current railway stations in Ethiopia are served by standard gauge railways of the National Railway Network of Ethiopia which is mostly under construction, except the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway. Other stations were built for the in 2018 still operating metre gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railways , although this railway has officially been superseded ...
ER operates passenger and freight transport. Founded on 28 November 2007 (regulation 141/2007) as a quasi-public corporation to operate Ethiopia's passenger and freight rail services, mainly the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, it receives federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. [1] ERC's headquarters is located in Addis ...
The primary port for Ethiopia is the Port of Djibouti in Djibouti. More than 95% of Ethiopia's trade passes through Djibouti. [2] [3] The port of Djibouti is served by one international railway, the electrified standard gauge 756 km long Addis Ababa – Djibouti Railway (of which 656 km run in Ethiopia). This railway has officially been opened ...
The old Ethio-Djibouti Railways station in Djibouti City. The metre gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railway once connected Addis Ababa to the port city of Djibouti.The operating company that was known as the Ethio-Djibouti Railways built the railway between 1894 and 1917 to connect the Ethiopian capital city to French Somaliland.