Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo

The Railway Company of the Congo (French: Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo, or CCFC) was a narrow gauge railway company in the Congo, which built and operated the Matadi–Kinshasa Railway initially with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo
Congo Railways at Leopoldville,
a view of the port and the train station
Technical
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
765 mm (2 ft 6+1⁄8 in)
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
0
 Matadi
9
 Mpozo opened on 30 June 1892
17
 Palabala opened on 10 December 1892
40
 Kengé opened on 1 July 1893
52
 Duisi opened on 4 December 1893
82
 Lufu opened on 1 May 1896
187
 Tumba opened on 23 July 1896
231
 Thysville opened in December 1896
264
 Inkisi opened in April 1897
320
 Tampa opened on 15 September 1897
364
 Kimuenza opened on December 1897
420
 N´Dolo opened on 16 March 1898
432
 Léopoldville west (Kinshasa west) opened 8 July 1898

The following stations were built after regauging
to 1,067 mm in 1924 on a new alignment:
0
 Léopoldville west (Kinshasa west)
11.1
 N´Dolo opened in October 1925
33.2
 Kimuenza opened in September 1926
95.5
 Sona-Bata opened in April 1927
125.2
 Kisantu opened on 25 June 1928
206.9
 Tumba opened in October 1928
218.6
 Lukala opened in Mai 1929
279.8
 Songololo opened in October 1929
290.3
 'km 75' opened in 1930
362.5
 Matadi opened on 24 December 1931
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