Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Enterprise launches maintenance, expansion project

[Jacaylbaro]

The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Enterprise said it has been undertaking expansion and maintenance project with a view to improving its services to customers in the years ahead.

Enterprise General Manager, Ti’ume Teklie told ENA on Friday that a 40-km rail track weighing some 6,000 tones was imported from Italy for the same cause.

 

The general manager said the on-going project includes, among others, replacing the 114-Km rail track, maintenance of 40 bridges, and changing nine others along the route.

 

The project aims at improving the cargo capacity of the rail track to 17 tones, which stands at 14 tones. Upon completion, the project will boost the national trade volume significantly.

 

He said the enterprise has collected 20 million Birr in the venue during the past Ethiopian budget year by transporting more than 105,000 passengers and over 65,000 tones of freight.

 

 

 

Source: ENA