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Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga information


Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga
Trade name
BCK
Company typeRailway company
Founded11 March 1902 (1902-03-11)
Defunct1952 (1952)
Area served
Congo Free State / Belgian Congo

The Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga (CFK) was a railway company in the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo between 1902 and 1952. It held the railway concession that linked the port of Bukama on the navigable section of the Lualaba River through the mining region and the town of Elisabethville (Lubumbashi) to Sakania, where it connected with the Rhodesian railway network. Operations were subcontracted to the Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga (BCK).

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