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Rail transport in Ethiopia currently consists only of trial service between Dire Dawa and Djibouti on the meter-gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railways. The railway continues to the capital city of Addis Ababa, but through trains have not run since 2008. A new standard gauge network is under construction that will link landlocked Ethiopia to its neighbors. Currently the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is almost completed (by Chinese contractor CREC) while a 400 km long rail is developed from Awash to Hara Gebeya (by Turkish company Yapi Merkezi with various European subcontractors). Additionally a light rail system is under commissioning in Addis Ababa. == Standard gauge network == The Ethiopian Railway Corporation has plans for several new lines including links to adjacent countries and further afield. ERC will build these in two phases. 〔 http://www.erc.gov.et/index.php/projects/national-railway-network-of-ethiopianrne.html 〕 The Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway connects Addis Ababa to the Port of Djibouti on the Gulf of Aden. The railway is almost complete and is scheduled to begin operations in 2016. A railway from Mek'ele to Awash will link the capital with northern Ethiopia by connecting to the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway at Awash. Construction on the railway began in February 2015. The China Communications Construction Company is the prime contractor for the northern half of the railway, from Mek'ele to Weldiya. Funding for the $1.5 billion northern segment was provided by the Exim Bank of China. Yapı Merkezi is responsible for the southern half of the railway, from Weldiya to Awash. Funding for the $1.7 billion southern segment was provided by a consortium of lenders, including Türk Eximbank, the Swedish National Export Credits Guarantee Board, Denmark's Export Credit Board, and Swiss Export Risk Insurance. A railway from Addis Ababa to Bedele will run westward from the capital to Bedele. The prime contractor is Andrade Gutierrez, and funding was provided by the Brazilian Development Bank. Construction on the project began in May 2015.〔 A railway from Weldiya to Tadjoura will provide Ethiopia with a second outlet to the sea at the port of Tadjoura in Djibouti. The line will connect to the Mek'ele-Awash railway at Weldiya. The project is being supervised by the Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India), and the Indian government has committed $300 million so far with the funding coming from the Indian government. However, the project has been delayed five times and has not yet been tendered as of May 2015.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rail transport in Ethiopia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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