Benguela Railway Promises To Open Angola's Interior

A launching truss assembles the new bridge in Alto Catumbela.
HALO Trust

A manual deminer using an electronic detector (left). Angola's civil war devastated the railway (right).
HALO Trust

A steam engine rusts in Huambo.
HALO Trust

The project recovered landmines.
China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp.

Benguela Railway will run from Lobito to Luau.
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A launching truss puts a track segment into position.
China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp.

The opening of the rebuilt station in Huambo was festive.
China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corp.
“The railway is a conduit for shipping agricultural produce. The Angolan government is dedicated to privatizing the agricultural sector to diversify the economy away from it’s current dependence on oil.”
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