Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway

2016756 kmAddis Ababa to Djibouti City

CountryEthiopia/Djibouti

Year Opened2016

Length756 km

RouteAddis Ababa to Djibouti City

About Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway

A modern electrified standard gauge railway linking landlocked Ethiopia to the sea. Replaced the 1917 French metre-gauge line. Carries the bulk of Ethiopian imports and exports to the port of Djibouti. One of the first electrified cross-border railways in Africa.

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