Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway

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electrified railway line international railway line standard-gauge railway

The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway is a modern electrified standard-gauge rail line linking Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa with the port city of Djibouti, serving as a key trade and transport corridor for landlocked Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway canonical 2
Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway 1
Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway terminus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electrified railway line ⓘ
international railway line ⓘ
standard-gauge railway ⓘ
builder China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation ⓘ
China Railway Group Limited ⓘ
connects Addis Ababa ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Port of Djibouti ⓘ
surface form: Djibouti Port

Ethiopia ⓘ
constructionStart 2011 ⓘ
country Djibouti ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
designedFor high-capacity freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
fundingSource Export-Import Bank of China ⓘ
surface form: Export–Import Bank of China
gauge 1,435 mm ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: meter-gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway
importance critical outlet to the sea for Ethiopia ⓘ
length approximately 750 km ⓘ
openedForFreight 2018 ⓘ
openedForPassengers 2018 ⓘ
openingDate 2016 ⓘ
operator Ethiopian Railway Corporation ⓘ
Société Djiboutienne de Chemin de Fer ⓘ
partOf Ethiopia’s national railway network ⓘ
passesThrough Oromia Region ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
purpose to lower logistics costs for Ethiopian trade ⓘ
to reduce transport time between Addis Ababa and Djibouti Port ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
replaced Ethiopian–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
replacesMode road transport along Addis Ababa–Djibouti corridor ⓘ
role key transport corridor for landlocked Ethiopia ⓘ
main trade corridor for Ethiopia ⓘ
secondaryFunction passenger transport ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
strategicSignificance enhances regional integration in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
supports Ethiopia’s export and import activities ⓘ
terminus Addis Ababa ⓘ
Djibouti City ⓘ
terminusStation Furi–Lebu station ⓘ
Nagad Railway Station ⓘ
trackConfiguration double track near Addis Ababa ⓘ
single track on most sections ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Djibouti City → railway → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Port of Djibouti → connectedTo → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Port of Tadjoura → connectedTo → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopia–Djibouti transport corridor
Arta Region → hasTransportLink → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway
Djibouti Region → hasTransportInfrastructure → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Djibouti–Addis Ababa Railway terminus
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway → historicalPredecessor → Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: meter-gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway