Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line

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Addis Ababa – Djibouti
Route of the Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line
Route length: 756 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 25 KV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed: 160 km / h
Dual track : Sebeta – Addis Ababa – Adama
Legend
End station - start of the route
 Sebeta
Station, station
 Addis Ababa-Lebu
Station, station
 Addis Ababa-Kality
Station, station
 Bishoftu
Station, station
 Modjo
Station, station
 Adama
Station, station
 Welenchiti
Station, station
 Metehara
   
 Awash – Hara Gebeya railway line (under construction)
Station, station
 Awash
Station, station
 Asebot
Station, station
 Lousy
Station, station
 Mulu
Station, station
 Afdem
Station, station
 Bike
Station, station
 Erer
Station, station
 Dirē Dawa
Station, station
 Shinle
Station, station
 Harewa
Station, station
 Adi Gala
Station, station
 Aysha
Station, station
 Dewele
border
 Ethiopia / Djibouti
Station, station
 Guelile
Station, station
 Ali Sabieh
Station, station
 Djibouti Nagad
Service / freight station - end of line
 Port Doraleh
Holhol Bridge

The Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway is a standard-gauge and electrified railway line opened in 2016 between Addis Ababa and Djibouti .

Railway infrastructure

route

The line is 728 km long, mostly single-track and is operated in the electrified part with an alternating voltage of 25 kV. The maximum permissible speed in passenger traffic is 160 km / h, in freight traffic 120 km / h. The maximum train weight is 3000 tons.

The traction current is transmitted along the railway line with high voltages of 230 kV and 130 kV, and along the line there are eight substations for the electrical supply of the individual route sections. The last section in Djibouti between Djibouti-Nagad and Port Doraleh is not electrified in the area of ​​the loading cranes for safety reasons and is operated with diesel locomotives .

The route runs in sections parallel to the abandoned meter-gauge line between Addis Ababa and Djibouti , built between 1894 and 1917, on a new route, does not use any infrastructure of the historic route and is almost 30 km shorter than it. The 115-kilometer section of the new line between Addis Ababa and Adama is double-track.

Train stations

For tourist traffic, the Addis Abeba Lebu station was built as the main station in Addis Ababa in the suburb of the same name, southwest of the city center. The design of the three-storey reception building , which was completed in September 2015, should refer to the cultural heritage of the Oromo . The floor area of ​​the building is 8,300 m².

All other stations on the line were newly built and on the outskirts of the cities they serve. Some of the train stations are located far from the cities that serve them, for example Dirē Dawa train station is 10 km away. All old stations and their buildings on the old line were given up for railway operations.

Economical meaning

The railway line connects inland Ethiopia with the nearest port, Djibouti. In 2011, 70 percent of Ethiopia's foreign trade was handled through this port.

history

Narrow gauge line

The predecessor of the line was a 784 km long meter-gauge line built by a French company between 1894 and 1917. It was largely abandoned after the standard gauge line was opened. Remaining traffic with a weekly train between Dire Dawa and Djibouti is said to have run in spring 2019.

Standard gauge line

Planning, awarding and financing

In 2011, the Ethiopian Railway Corporation awarded contracts to two state-owned Chinese companies to build a standard gauge line from Addis Ababa to the Djiboutian border. The 320-kilometer section from Addis Ababa to Mieso was built by the China Railway Group , and the 339-kilometer section from Mieso to the Djiboutian border was built by China Civil Engineering Construction . In 2012, Djibouti awarded a contract worth 505 million US dollars to build the 100-kilometer section from the Ethiopian border to the port of Djibouti, also to China Civil Engineering Construction.

The total cost was approximately $ 3.3 billion / € 3 billion. 70 percent of this was made available as loans by the China Exim Bank , of which 2.4 billion US dollars went to the construction of the Ethiopian section of the route, the rest to the part in Djibouti. In addition to the China Exim Bank, the China Development Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China were involved in the financing .

construction

In the Mieso-Djibouti section, the track laying was completed in June 2015; in October 2015, 87% of the line was completed. Due to a drought and the resulting increase in food imports, it was partially commissioned: On November 20, 2015, the first freight train with food traveled to Merebe Mermersa 112 kilometers south of Addis Ababa.

opening

The route was opened on October 5, 2016 by the presidents of Ethiopia and Djiboutis. The scheduled traffic was recorded in January 2018th

vehicles

The vehicles are equipped with Janney couplings . 35 electric locomotives of the type HXD1C with an output of 7.2 MW will be acquired from CSR Zhuzhou .

business

Nagad station , terminus for passenger traffic near Djibouti.

Passenger traffic on the new route has not developed as hoped. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the fares are too high for some of the potential customers, the terminus stations on both sides of the route are far from the city centers and only the Adama , Diré Daoua and Ali Sabieh stations are served en route. Numerous potential passengers in places along the route that also have poor road connections are not reached in this way. As a result, the connection is only offered every two days with departure from Addis Ababa on odd days (except the 31st of the month) and from Djibouti on even days. The scheduled travel time is 12:40 hours, which corresponds to an average travel speed of almost 60 km / h.

Web links

Commons : Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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