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Congo Railways at Leopoldville, a view of the port and the train station |
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| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
765 mm (2 ft 6+1⁄8 in)
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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0 |
Matadi |
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9 |
Mpozo opened on 30 June 1892 |
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17 |
Palabala opened on 10 December 1892 |
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40 |
Kengé opened on 1 July 1893 |
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52 |
Duisi opened on 4 December 1893 |
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82 |
Lufu opened on 1 May 1896 |
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187 |
Tumba opened on 23 July 1896 |
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231 |
Thysville opened in December 1896 |
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264 |
Inkisi opened in April 1897 |
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320 |
Tampa opened on 15 September 1897 |
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364 |
Kimuenza opened in December 1897 |
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420 |
N´Dolo opened on 16 March 1898 |
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432 |
Léopoldville west (Kinshasa west) opened 8 July 1898 |
The following stations were built after regauging
to 1,067 mm in 1924 on a new alignment: |
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Léopoldville west (Kinshasa west) |
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11.1 |
N´Dolo opened in October 1925 |
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33.2 |
Kimuenza opened in September 1926 |
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95.5 |
Sona-Bata opened in April 1927 |
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125.2 |
Kisantu opened on 25 June 1928 |
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206.9 |
Tumba opened in October 1928 |
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218.6 |
Lukala opened in Mai 1929 |
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279.8 |
Songololo opened in October 1929 |
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290.3 |
'km 75' opened in 1930 |
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362.5 |
Matadi opened on 24 December 1931 |
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The Railway Company of the Congo (French: Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo, or CCFC) was a narrow gauge railway company in the Congo, which built and operated the Matadi–Kinshasa Railway initially with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
