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Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway

“Ethiopian WM Railway”

Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
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  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway
  • Ethiopia's Weldiya-Mek'ele Railway

Woldiya, Ethiopia-Mek'ele Railway (Abbreviated as Ethiopia WM Railway)It is in the Ethiopian railway planning network5The northern section of Line No., with a total length of 216.125kilometers, starts from Woldiya City in Amhara State and ends at Mek'ele City, the capital of Tigray State. It crosses the northern Tigray, Afar, and Amhara regions of Ethiopia and is the central axis of the economic and transportation corridor in central and northern Ethiopia.

 

The project adopts Chinese railwayIIlevel design standards, passenger and freight mixed transport, single-line electrified railway. There are a total of stations along the entire line 13 个,其中1个接轨站,新设车站4个,预留缓开车站8个。工程投资为15.79US$ hundred million, with a total construction period of42months.

 

As a crucial international sea transport channel connecting northern Ethiopia to Djibouti's Tadjourah port and a convenient passage to the capital Addis Ababa,WMthe railway plays a significant strategic role in promoting the socio-economic development of Ethiopia, especially the sustainable development of the northern Tigray region.