Atlas Corridor
Component

Trans-Zambezi Railway (Namibian Extension 2)

railway

Cities

Kranzaberg
Namibia
Grootfontein
Namibia

Distance

429km
new
– km
rehabilitated
429km
existing
– km

Cost

$0.5b
$548,000,000

Phases

planned,

Objective

The cross-border rail project aims to link new mines and mining activities to the railway network along the Walvis Bay – Ndola – Lubumbashi Development Corridor to enable transportation of minerals from the Copperbelt to Walvis Bay.

Description

The project is part of a multinational railway line between Namibia and Zambia via the Zambezi region.

Finance

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$ loan
African Development Bank Development bank
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$ investment
Namibian Government Government