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Rail

Every Lobito-relevant rail project and actor across the corridor.

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Rail projects

Prequalification

Rehabilitation of the Congolese corridor segment, estimated at $400–410m, with an international tender announced for April 2026.

$405.0MDR Congo

Evaluation

~800 km greenfield line from Luacano (Angola) to Chingola (Zambia), the missing link connecting the Copperbelt to the existing railway.

Angola · Zambia

Operational

The $1.83bn Chinese-financed rebuild of the 1,344 km Lobito–Luau line — the asset now operated under the LAR concession.

$1.83BAngola

Operational

30-year concession operating and modernising the 1,300 km Lobito–Luau railway and the Lobito port mineral terminal.

$753.0MAngola · DR Congo

Angolan state company that ran the Benguela railway before the July 2023 transfer to LAR.

CRCC subsidiary that rebuilt the Benguela railway between 2006 and 2014 for $1.83bn under China Eximbank financing.

South African rolling-stock manufacturer; supplied 275 container wagons ordered by LAR in June 2024.

Concessionaire operating the Lobito–Luau railway and the Lobito port mineral terminal under a 30-year concession (services transferred 4 July 2023).

DRC state railway operating the Congolese segment (Dilolo–Kolwezi, ~450 km); emergency maintenance under way on ~80 km of critical track.

Belgian independent rail operator; 1% LAR shareholder running train operations.

Zambian state railway whose existing network at Chingola will connect to the new Zambia–Lobito link.