First train arrives in Kindu in 2004 after the rehabilitation of the line

The Congo Railroad Company (CNC) or the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo (SNCC) is the national railroad company for Congo. Because of a civil war, the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. During the war, 500 km of railroad in the provinces of Maniema and Katanga were destroyed. A million dollar grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is helping to pay for the section's repair. Charities often use the railway to distribute food and other supplies. Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... The term Congo Civil War may refer to: the Congo Crisis (1960-65), dating from independence to the rise of former President Mobutu Sese Seko the First Congo War (1996-97), which led to the overthrow of Mobutu by Laurent Kabila the Second Congo War (1998-ongoing) that has involved... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Capital Lubumbashi Created June 1960 Dissolved January 1963 Demonym Katangan Currency Katanga franc Katanga is the southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional capital Lubumbashi (formerly Elizabethville). ... USAID logo The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the U.S. government organization responsible for most non-military foreign aid. ...

The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway is operated by ONATRA, under an agreement with the CNC. The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway is a railway line in Bas-Congo between the port of Matadi and Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

Network

Railways

3,641 kilometres (of which 858 kilometres electrified) in Katanga, Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental and Maniema. Capital Lubumbashi Created June 1960 Dissolved January 1963 Demonym Katangan Currency Katanga franc Katanga is the southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional capital Lubumbashi (formerly Elizabethville). ... Kasai-Occidental (West Kasai) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Rail gauge: 1.067 metre : The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ...

• Lubumbashi to Ilebo
• Kamina to Kindu
• Kamina to Dilolo
• Kabalo to Kalemie

Rail gauge : 1.00 metre: Location Location in the Congo Government Province Katanga Mayor Floribert Kaseba Geographical characteristics Area     City 747 km²     Land   747 km² Population     City (2001) 1,139,064     Density   1,525/km² Time zone DRC2 (UTC+2) Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville) is ranked as the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of... Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the Kasaï River. ... Kamina is a city in Haut-Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. ... Kalemie, fomerly Alberville, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

• Ubundu to Kisangani (portage railway)

Ubundu is a city located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Kisangani, formerly Stanleyville, (population 500,000) is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. ... A portage railway is a short and possibly isolated section of railway used to bypass a section of unnavigatable river. ...

Lakes and rivers

• Lake Tanganyika 1,425 kilometres, linking DRC with Zambia, Tanzania and Burundi;
• Lake Kivu 106 kilometres, linking Bukavu with Goma
• Congo River 310 kilometres, from Kindu to Ubundu, and 390 kilometres from Kongolo to Malemba-Nkulu.

Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3° 20 to 8° 48 South and from 29° 5 to 31° 15 East). ... Lake Kivu forms part of the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Satellite image of Lake Kivu courtesy of NASA. Lakeside in Rwanda Lake Kivu is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ... Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the southern end of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda. ... Goma is a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... adam loves kasey! brandon loves megan M.she is mad about her computer |river_name = Congo River |image_name = Brazzaville ISS007-E-6305. ... Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. ... Ubundu is a city located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

Ports

• Ilebo river port (Kasai River)
• Kalemie and Kalundu (Lake Tanganyika)
• Bukavu and Goma (Lake Kivu)

The Kasai River is a river in central Africa. ... Kalemie, fomerly Alberville, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Road links

• Kalundu to Bukavu (128 kilometres)

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Surface transport within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. ...

External links

• Map of railways in the DRC
• (French) SNCC official website
• IRINNews: Christian charity begins railroad rehabilitation