Chemin de fer du Kivu It was planned to connect Uvira at Lake Tanganyika with Bukavu at Lake Kivu
Technical
Line length
94 km (58 mi)
Track gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Route map
Legend
km
elev
in m
to Cairo
137
Bukavu
Lake Kivu
1,460
Col ya Businga
1,756
94
Kamanyola
903
84
Luvunghi
69
Lubirizi
46
Sangh
24
Kiliba
Kiliba River
12
Kavimvira
Kavimvira River
Mutongwe River
4
Uvira
0
Kalundu
Lake
Tanganyika
776
to Cape Town
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The Kivu Railway (French: Chemins de fer du Kivu) was a 94 km (58 mi) long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) from Kalundu to Kamaniola in the Congo, which operated from 1931 to 1958.[1]
^Ferdinand Lebbe: Au fil du rail, XXV. – L’histoire des chemins de fer au Congo, 1950 (French)
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