Moçâmedes Railway
| Moçâmedes Railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Angola | ||
| Termini | |||
| Service | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 2015 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 860 km (530 mi) | ||
| Track length | 1,003 km (623 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Old gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) | ||
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The Moçâmedes Railway (Portuguese: Caminho de Ferro de Moçâmedes (CFM)) is an 860 km railway line in Angola, between Moçâmedes and Menongue. The line is operated by the company Caminhos de Ferro de Moçâmedes E.P. The port city of Moçâmedes was renamed Namibe between 1985 and 2016, so the railway was sometimes called the Namibe Railway (Portuguese: Caminho de Ferro do Namibe). However, the railway company retained its original legal name.
Its cargo flow point is made through the port of Namibe.