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In the year 2010, the Ethiopian government proposed a new railway network, The National Railway Network of Ethiopia. Some, if not most, of the proposed new railway lines were already planned decades before for the metre gauge railway (see the outline above). Map of the planned National Railway Network of Ethiopia with its different corridors
The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ–ጅቡቲ የባቡር መስመር; French: Chemin de fer Addis Abeba–Djibouti, Oromo: Daandii baaburaa Finfinneefi Jibutii, Somali: Jidka Tareenka ee Addis Ababa-Jabuuti) is a standard gauge international railway that serves as the backbone of the new Ethiopian National ...
Kenya and Ethiopia signed an agreement to build the 3000 km LAPSSET railway at a cost of USD 13.8 billion in September 2023. [1] [2] In addition to connecting the capital cities of the two countries, Addis Ababa and Nairobi with a Standard Gauge Railway, it will also connect Ethiopia to the Lamu Port via the railway link from Isiolo to Lamu.
The Addis Ababa Light Rail (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ቀላል ባቡር, romanized: Ye’Adīsi Abeba k’elali Baburi) is a light rail system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [3] [4] It is the first light rail and rapid transit in eastern and sub-saharan Africa. [3] [5] [6]
The Awash–Weldiya Railway is a standard gauge railway under construction, that will serve as a northward extension of the new Ethiopian National Railway Network.. The railroad's primary purpose is to connect the north of Ethiopia with the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway at the Awash junction and therefore connecting it with the world economy through the Port of Djibouti and also with the ...
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 ...
Another railway, the Awash – Hara Gebeya Railway will go into trial service over its first 270 km in 2018. This second railway links Addis Ababa and the Addis Ababa – Djibouti Railway with the north of Ethiopia. Once operational over its first 270 km, possibly 2018 or 2019, it will allow both freight and passenger transport.
UK rail rover. A rail pass is a pass that covers the cost of train travel in a certain designated area or areas within a certain period of time. [1] It is contrasted to a point-to-point ticket in that it allows the holder unlimited travel, within the pre-designated area and period, while a point-to-point ticket only permits the holder to travel from a point to another once.