The Kivu Railway (French: Chemins de fer du Kivu) was a 94 km (58 mi) long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) from Kalundu to Kamaniola in the Congo, which operated from 1931 to 1958.[1]
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 established 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 to 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.
kivu, railway, french, chemins, kivu, long, narrow, gauge, railway, with, gauge, from, kalundu, kamaniola, congo, which, operated, from, 1931, 1958, kalundu, kamaniolachemin, kivu, planned, connect, uvira, lake, tanganyika, with, bukavu, lake, kivutechnicallin. The Kivu Railway French Chemins de fer du Kivu was a 94 km 58 mi long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 3 ft 6 in 1 067 mm from Kalundu to Kamaniola in the Congo which operated from 1931 to 1958 1 Kalundu KamaniolaChemin de fer du Kivu It was planned to connect Uvira at Lake Tanganyika with Bukavu at Lake KivuTechnicalLine length94 km 58 mi Track gauge3 ft 6 in 1 067 mm Route mapLegend km elevin m to Cairo 137 Bukavu Lake Kivu 1 460 Col ya Businga 1 756 94 Kamanyola 903 84 Luvunghi 69 Lubirizi 46 Sangh 24 Kiliba Kiliba River 12 Kavimvira Kavimvira River Mutongwe River 4 Uvira 0 Kalundu LakeTanganyika 776 to Cape Town This diagram viewtalkedit Contents 1 History 2 Rolling stock 3 Traffic 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe privately owned Comite 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 established 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 to 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 editThe 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 waggonsTraffic editThe traffic in the early 1950s was as follows 4 Year Passengers GoodsMainly petroleum 1953 6 493 Passengers 53 994 t 1954 6 782 Passengers 75 414 t 1955 7 641 Passengers 82 790 tReferences edit a b Ferdinand Lebbe Au fil du rail XXV L histoire des chemins de fer au Congo 1950 French Belgian Chamber of Representatives Session of 16 July 1931 French Andre Lederer Les belges a l etranger French a b Jean Herreweghe Les Congolatres La Societe des Chemins de Fer du Kivu C E F A K I French nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kivu Railway External links editDocuments and clippings about Kivu Railway in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kivu Railway amp oldid 1081758437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
