Addis Ababa light rail
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| Country | Ethiopia |
| city | Addis Ababa |
| opening | September 21, 2015 |
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| Route length | 31.6 km |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Power system | 750 V DC overhead line |
| Stops | 39 |
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| Lines | 2 |
| vehicles | 41 |
| Top speed | 80 km / h |
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The Addis Ababa light rail system is the light rail system of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa . The project started in December 2011 by the Ethiopian Railway Corporation is being carried out by the China Railway Group and financed by loans from the China Exim Bank . The 31.6-kilometer standard-gauge light rail is electrified and has two tracks over its entire length. The opening of public operations on the first 17 km long line from the center to the industrial south took place on September 21, 2015.
course
A 17.4-kilometer route connects the Hailoch Gate as an east-west axis from Ayat via Tor Hailoch , Legehar ( La Gare ) and Mexico Square. The second, 16.9 km long route runs between Menelik-II- Platz, Merkato , Lideta , Legehar, Meskel-Platz , Gotera and Kaliti (in a roughly north-south direction). Both lines meet in the city center and run together over a distance of 2.7 kilometers. The system has a total of 39 stations.
use
Each train has a capacity of 286 passengers, per hour and direction a capacity of 15,000 passengers and thus 60,000 passengers in all four directions from the city center was planned. A total of around 150,000 people use the light rail system every day.
A single ticket costs two Ethiopian birr , the equivalent of six euro cents .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Addis Light Rail Progress . In: Railways Africa , October 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Corporation disc loose / Addis light rail project detail . In: The Ethiopian Herald , March 10, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/news/21665199-addis-ababa-has-opened-first-part-new-light-rail-system-sub-saharan-africa-gets-its-first-metro Sub- Saharan Africa gets its first metro. Addis Ababa has opened the first part of a new light rail system. Economist.com, September 22, 2015, accessed November 6, 2015.
- ↑ Ethiopia: Tram changes Addis Ababa on Spiegel Online , March 24, 2018, accessed on March 24, 2018
