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Ethiopia, Djibouti launch Africa's first modern electrified railway

(Xinhua)    11:19, October 06, 2016
Ethiopia, Djibouti launch Africa's first modern electrified railway
Li Chenglin (C), head of the train crew, gives cookies to passengers on a passenger train of Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Ethiopia, on Oct. 5, 2016. Ethiopia and Djibouti on Wednesday launched Africa's first modern electrified railway connecting their capitals. The 752.7-km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, also known as Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, has a designed hourly speed of 120 kilometers. It was constructed by China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation with a total investment of 4 billion U.S. Dollars. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

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