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Kivu Railway

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History
Rolling stock
Traffic
References
External links

{{infobox rail line
| name = Kalundu–Kamaniola
|image = Chemin de fer du Kivu.png
|image_width = 275 px
|caption = Chemin de fer du Kivu

It was planned to connect Uvira at Lake Tanganyika with Bukavu at Lake Kivu

|linelength = {{convert|94|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|gauge = {{Track gauge|3 ft 6 in}}
| map = {{BS-map|inline=1|map ={{BS3||LSTR|||to Cairo }}{{BS3|BOOT|extBHF||137 km|Bukavu |Lake Kivu |1460 m}}{{BS3||LSTR||| }}{{BS3||extBHF|||Col ya Businga ||1756 m}}{{BS3||LSTR||| }}{{BS3||exBHF||94 km |Kamanyola ||903 m}}{{BS3||exHST||84 km |Luvunghi | }}{{BS3||exHST||69 km|Lubirizi | }}{{BS3||exHST||46 km|Sanghe | }}{{BS3||exHST||24 km|Kiliba | }}{{BS3||exhKRZWae|||Kiliba}}{{BS3||exHST||12 km|Kavimvira | }}{{BS3||exhKRZWae|||Kavimvira}}{{BS3||exhKRZWae|||Mutongwe}}{{BS3||exHST||4 km|Uvira | }}{{BS3|BOOT|exBHF||0|Kalundu |Lake Tanganyika|776 m}}{{BS3||LSTR|||to Cape Town}}

}} }}

The Kivu Railway (French: Chemins de fer du Kivu) was a {{convert|94|km|mi|abbr=on}} long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of {{Track gauge|3 ft 6 in}} from Kalundu to Kamaniola in the Congo, which operated from 1931 to 1958.^[1]

History

The privately owned Comité national du Kivu (C.N.Ki) decided in 1928 to build a connection between Uviara at the northern end of [Lake Tanganyika]] to Bukavu (Costermansville) at the southern end of Lake Kivu.

The Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Kivu (C.E.F.A.K.I.) was set-up on 20 June 1929. It obtained the concession according to a decree of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on 1 March 1930,^[2] which became ratified on 23 April 1930. C.E.F.A.K.I. was integrated into the Office des Transports Coloniaux (OTRACO) on 24 July 1946. The track was built by the Compagnie Belge des Chemin de fer et d'Entreprise (C.F.E.) and its first section from Kalundu to Kamanyola was inaugurated on 21 November 1931.^[3]

There were plans to integrate the track into the Cape to Cairo Railway. However, the plans to extend the railway from Kamaniola nach Costermansville did not get realized due to the comparatively high cost.^[1]

Passenger traffic ceased on 1 July 1958 and goods traffic on 1 December 1958.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock consisted of :^[4]

2 steam locomotives Mikado (2-8-2) with 32 t each
2 diesel locomotives with 27 t and 190 PS each, which were commissioned in 1949
2 Davenport diesel locomotives, which were commissioned in 1950
2 shunting steam engines with 22 t each
88 waggons

Traffic

The traffic in the early 1950s was as follows:^[4]

Year	Passengers	Goods Mainly petroleum
1953	6.493 Passengers	53.994 t
1954	6.782 Passengers	75.414 t
1955	7.641 Passengers	82.790 t

References

1. ^¹Ferdinand Lebbe: Au fil du rail, XXV. – L’histoire des chemins de fer au Congo, 1950 (French)
2. ^[https://sites.google.com/site/bplenum/proceedings/1931/k00392706/k00392706_01 Belgian Chamber of Representatives - Session of 16 July 1931.] (French)
3. ^André Lederer: Les belges à l'étranger (French)
4. ^¹Jean Herreweghe: Les Congolâtres: La Société des Chemins de Fer du Kivu (C.E.F.A.K.I.) (French)

External links

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