Ethiopia’s Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn and President of
Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh officially
inaugurated the 756 km Chinese-built railway
linking their countries with a ceremony in
Addis Ababa on October 5.
‘It is the first standard gauge electrified
railroad on the continent built with Chinese
standards and technology, and certainly it will
not be the last’, Chinese Ambassador to
Ethiopia La Yifan told the local media. ‘Many
stand to benefit from it.’
The 1 435 mm gauge line electrified at 25 kV
50 Hz replaces the out-of-use metre-gauge
railway which opened throughout in 1917. The
new line is designed to China’s specifications
for operation at up to 120 km/h, providing a
freight transit time of between 10 h and 12 h,
compared to two or three days by lorry.
The line is initially being used for freight, with
passenger services expected to start following
three months of test running. The first freight
services had actually run to a temporary
unloading facility in Merebe Mermersa, 112
km south of Addis Ababa, in November 2015,
when the partially-completed line and
construction locomotives were used to move
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Kutangulia sio kufika.
it was burning on the other end of town…
Meanwhile human rights abuses getting worse and worse leaving scores of dead Ethiopians.
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what do you mean by “our SGR is still a dream”, last i checked its implementation was in progress and on schedule
@spear , letea hii jamaa some pictures aone
Zinakuja, I’m still in my relax zone welcoming another beautiful morning. Congratulations Ethiopia. Your second Chinese grade Electric Train is good and our SGR is equally good.
Kwani Hii imefika athi river ni nini? Is it still a dream?
Can we celebrate Kenya and Ethiopia success in peace ? Wengine wenu fitina tu 
Others pay through the nose for risky journies in ramshackle boats trying to escape that ‘heaven’.
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people are still fantasizing about the ethiopian ‘dream’ lol. the current oromo/amhara crisis is just one side of the story. fake statistics is the other. would any sane person believe that ethiopia has less poverty than egypt and same poverty level as south africa? that is what their poverty reduction statistics show. rwanda also fakes statistics but lies za kagame huwa na akili kiasi.
To a JaKuonist, SGR either is a dream, or Baba invented it. Contradictions haziishi.
Raila said the Standard Gauge Rail that Jubilee boasts of was a flagship project of the grand coalition government.
“It was part of our vision 2030 and Jubilee took it as it was,” he said.
We haven’t started using our first one Ethiopia is using its second one…plus yao ni electric yet ni diesel banah
Ethiopia’s population is double ours do the math
Meaning what?
their budget is higher…our debt is higher in relation to population
You should enlist in the Ethiopian Army. The irony in using an avatar of the Hilton Hotel NRB
have u ridden on a SGR train in Kenyan soil??? it is still a dream until it happens
because your avatar is??? look at this idiot
I admire beautiful women. You despise Kenya but still use its landmark as an Avatar. Demented Idiot