Night train route
Benguela Railway Express
Lobito → Luau · Angola
Atlantic surf to the Congolese border: the Chinese-rebuilt Benguela line’s weekly sleeper climbs 1,344 km through Huambo’s highlands to Luau.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1125202 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 77 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 14 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Benguela Railway Express?
The Benguela Railway Express runs 1,344 km from Lobito to Luau.
How long does the Benguela Railway Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 30 h for the 1,344 km. That is an average of 45 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Benguela Railway Express?
CFB.
How old is the Benguela Railway Express?
The line has been in service since 1929. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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