CRCC completes Benguela rebuilding

摘要

A ceremony was held in Angola on August 13 to mark the completion of a project to rebuild the 1344km Benguela Railway from Luau on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to Lobito on the Atlantic coast. Services on the 1067mm-gauge line ceased during Angola's 26-year civil war, which ended in 2002, and the infrastructure was badly damaged during the conflict. In 2007 work began on a $US 1.83bn reconstruction project, which was financed by the China and implemented by China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC). The project included new locomotives and rolling stock from Chinese manufacturers.