Nagad train station

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Djibouti Nagad train station
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Data
opening 2016
location
Place / district Djibouti
region Arta
Country Djibouti
Coordinates 11 ° 31 '24 "  N , 43 ° 7' 39"  E Coordinates: 11 ° 31 '24 "  N , 43 ° 7' 39"  E
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The Djibouti Nagad station , also just Nagad station ( French Gare de Nagad - Djibouti ) is a passenger and freight station near the Djibouti capital Djibouti near the village of Nagad. The station is located on the standard gauge railway line Addis Ababa-Djibouti and was opened in October 2016, passenger traffic began in early 2018. The station is operated by the Ethiopia Djibouti Railway .

history

In 2012, the Djiboutian government awarded the construction contract for the section from the Ethiopian-Djiboutian border to the Djiboutian capital to China Civil Engineering Construction , which also built part of the line on the Ethiopian side. The construction costs for the Djiboutian part are said to have amounted to 505 million US dollars, construction work began in July 2013.

The Nagad train station was built practically at the gates of the Djiboutian capital Djibouti near the village of the same name, the distance to the city center is a good 7 kilometers. The station received a monumental reception building with a porch and two side wings. In addition to the station building, the station facility itself includes a platform edge for passenger trains and a larger facility for freight trains, some of which can continue to the port station of Djibouti. On the roof of the station, the station name was placed in French ( Gare de Nagad ) and English ( Nagad Station ).

The official opening of the railway line took place on October 5, 2016, the first passenger trains to Addis Ababa started in early 2018. With the opening, the old inner-city station of Djibouti ( Gare de Djibouti-Ville ) of the Addis Ababa – Djibouti meter-gauge railway lost its function and became closed.

The station is operated by the Ethiopia Djibouti Railway , which is controlled by the Chinese for the first six years before the responsibility of the two countries involved is passed on.

traffic

Long-distance trains to Addis Ababa run from Nagad train station on even calendar days, and the journey takes around 16 hours. The opposite direction is used on uneven calendar days.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Contract signed for final section of new Djibouti - Ethiopia railway. In: Railway Gazette. February 16, 2012, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cherif Ouazani: The train of the future, between two capitals. In: Afrique magazine. June 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  3. ^ Ethiopia - Djibouti railway inaugurated. In: Railway Gazette. October 5, 2016, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway begins commercial operations. In: Xinhuanet.com. January 1, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ James Jeffrey: On board the Chinese-built Ethiopia to Djibouti train. In: South China Morning Post. December 12, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Paolo Calvino: Paolo Calvino: From Djibouti to Addis Ababa by train. In: paolocalvino.blogspot.com. January 19, 2019, accessed March 6, 2020 .