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A train runs after arrival at Kisangani of a ship from Kinshasa or before departure of a ship to Kinshasa, which may happen about every 2 to 3 month, no fixed schedule. There is no connecting boat service between Ubundu and Kindu on the Lualaba River (the upper Congo). [12]
Kinshasa is linked to Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) by regular boat and ferry services 3.5 km across the Congo River. Kinshasa and other river ports via the Ubangui River to Bangui (Central African Republic). Goma and Bukavu on Lake Kivu to Gisenyi, Kibuye and Cyangugu in Rwanda.
It then runs 93 kilometres (58 mi) to Lubutu, 132 kilometres (82 mi) to Pene Tungu and finally 97 kilometres (60 mi) to Kisangani. [1] Kisangani is a river port, the farthest navigable point on the Congo River from the capital Kinshasa. Riverboats and small ships link Kisangani to Kinshasa. [2]
The vessel embarked on its maiden voyage on 16 April 2015, departing Kinshasa for Kisangani, [54] with subsequent port calls in Mbandaka on 21 April, [55] before finally docking at SCTP's port in Kisangani on 29 April after a 13-day voyage, [56] [57] and later departed the port with approximately 1,200 tons of goods bound for Kinshasa.
Kinshasa Est – Matadi Kilomètre 82 Kisangani Gare – Ubundu Kimiala Kinshasa Est – Matadi Kindu Kabalo – Kindu Kinshasa Est: Kinshasa Est – Matadi Kisangani Gare Kisangani Gare – Ubundu Kisantu Kinshasa Est – Matadi Kolwezi Dilolo – Lubumbashi Komba Aketi – Isiro Kongolo Kabalo – Kindu Kuyi Kinshasa Est – Matadi Likasi
The 2000 edition for 'Africa Central and South' indicates three 'transcontinental routes' between Kinshasa and Kisangani or Bukavu, all of them with very long stretches of road in the lowest category of highway condition, described as 'earth tracks likely to become impassable in bad weather'. The area has some of the highest rainfall in Africa.
Kisangani (/ k iː s ə ŋ ˈ ɡ ɑː n i /), formerly Stanleyville (Dutch: Stanleystad), is the capital of Tshopo Province, located on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4]
Kalemie Port is also used by boat services to the northern Lake Tanganyika ports of Kalundu-Uvira and Bujumbura in Burundi, and southwards to Moba and Mpulungu in Zambia. Kalemie Port is operated by the railway company SNCC which also operates the railways in DR Congo (except for the Matadi-Kinshasa line) as well as boat services on the eastern ...