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[[Category:Companies{{Short description|National railway company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]}}▼
[[Image:First train in Kindu, DRC.jpg|thumb|First train arrives in [[Kindu]] in 2004 after the rehabilitation of the line]]
{{Italic title}}[[File: Central Railway Station, Lubumbashi.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Lubumbashi Central Railway Station]]
The '''Congo Railway Company''' ('''CNC''') or the '''Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo''' ('''SNCC''') (formerly '''Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois''', '''SNCZ''') is the national [[railway]] company for the inland railways of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]. Because of a [[Republic of the Congo Civil War|civil war]], the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. During the war, 500&nbsp;km of railway in the provinces of [[Maniema]] and [[Katanga Province|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. Despite foreign support, SNCC was again on the brink of collapse in 2010; to prevent this, in June 2010 the [[World Bank]] gave a 255 million US dollar grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/grant-to-save-dr-congo-railway-from-collapse.html▼
 
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The '''''Société Nationale des chemins de fer du Congo''''' ('''SNCC'''; "National Railway Company of the Congo") is the national [[railway]] company for the inland railways of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
 
==History==
 
▲The '''Congorailway Railway Company''' ('''CNC''')took orover the '''Sociétéassets Nationaleof desthe Chemins de Fer du Congo''' ('''SNCC''') (formerly '''[[Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois]]''', '''(SNCZ'''); is"National theRailway national [[railway]] company for the inland railwaysCompany of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR CongoZaire]]"). BecauseDue ofto athe [[Republic of theFirst Congo Civil War|civil war]], the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. During the war, 500&nbsp;km of railway in the provinces of [[Maniema]] and [[Katanga Province|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. Despite foreign support, SNCC was again on the brink of collapse in 2010; to prevent this, in June 2010 the [[World Bank]] gave a 255 million US dollar grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/grant-to-save-dr-congo-railway-from-collapse.html
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==Network==
[[Image:Belgian Congo Railway Network pre-1960.svg|thumb|right|The railway network of the [[Belgian Congo]], pre-1960]]
''For more detail, see [[Chemins de Fer des Grands Lacs|Transport in DR Congo]]''▼
 
===Railways===▼
3,641 kilometres (of which 858 kilometres electrified) in [[Katanga Province|Katanga]], [[Kasaï-Occidental]], [[Kasaï-Oriental]] and [[Maniema]].
 
[[RailTrack gauge]] {{RailGaugeTrack gauge|1067mm|1067lk=on}} :
*[[LubumbashiKamina]] to [[Ilebo]] Only remaining weekly through passenger train is timetabled to take six days. Agreement signed in September 2007 for China to fund an extension to Kinshasa.<ref>[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//chinese-to-plug-ilebo-kinshasa-gap-in-dr-congo.html Chinese to plug Ilebo – Kinshasa gap in DR Congo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141555/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/chinese-to-plug-ilebo-kinshasa-gap-in-dr-congo.html |date=2015-09-24 }} ''Railway Gazette International'' October 2007</ref>
*[[KaminaSakania]]-[[Lubumbashi]] to [[Kindu]] (see: [[Cape to Cairo Railway]])
*Tenke (a siding on the Lubumbashi to Ilebo mainline) to [[Dilolo]] ([[Angola]] border at [[Luau, Moxico|Luau]], rail has connection to the still not fully operational [[Benguela Railway]] ending at [[port of Lobito]] on the Atlantic Ocean <ref>[https://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/first-cfb-train-reaches-luau?p=blog/2013/08/first-cfb-train-reaches-luau/ Benguela Railway's renovation completed by august 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502001302/https://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/first-cfb-train-reaches-luau?p=blog/2013/08/first-cfb-train-reaches-luau/ |date=2019-05-02 }} railwaysafrica.com August 2013</ref>.)
*[[Kabalo]] to [[Kalemie]]
RailTrack gauge {{RailGaugeTrack gauge|1000mm|1000allk=on}}:
*[[Ubundu]] to [[Kisangani]] ([[portage railway]])
 
===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, Tanganyika District|Kongolo]] to [[Malemba-Nkulu]].
 
===Ports===
*Ilebo river port ([[Kasai River]])
*[[Kalemie]] and [[Kalundu]] (Lake Tanganyika)
*Bukavu and Goma (Lake Kivu)
 
===Road links===
*Kalundu to Bukavu (128 kilometres)
 
==See also==
* [[Empresa do Caminho de Ferro de Benguela-E.P.|Railway Company of Benguela]]
* [[Congo-Ocean Railway]]
* [[CheminsRail de Fer des Grands Lacs|Transporttransport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
* [[South African Class 32-000]]
▲''For more detail, see* [[Chemins de Fer des Grands Lacs|Transport in DR Congo]]''
* [[Category:3ft 6in gauge railwaysTransport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]▼
 
== References ==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|fr icon}} [httphttps://www.ic-lubumsnccsa.cd/sncccom/ SNCC official website]
*[http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=37646 IRINNews: Christian charity begins railroad rehabilitation]
*[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//chinese-to-plug-ilebo-kinshasa-gap-in-dr-congo.html Chinese to plug Ilebo – Kinshasa gap in DR Congo] ''Railway Gazette International'' October 2007
 
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