'''Transport in [[Angola]]''' comprises:
== Railways ==
* ''total:'' 2,761 km
* ''narrow gauge:'' 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2002)
* there are three separate lines which do not link up. A fourth system once linked [[Gunza]] and [[Gabala (Angola)|Gabala]].

* railways in Angola have suffered a lot of damage in the civil war, and a $4b project is proposed to restore the lines, and even to extend the system. A link to Namibia is partly under construction.

=== Railway links to adjacent countries ===

The major railway in [[Angola]] is the [[Benguela railway]], severely damaged during the civil war after independence.

* {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Transportation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]] - no - [[Lobito]] - [[Lubumbashi]] restoration link proposed.
* {{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Transportation in Namibia|Namibia]] - no - same gauge - links proposed and partially under construction in [[2005]].
* {{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Transportation in Zambia|Zambia]] - no

=== Maps ===

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf UNJLC Map]

* [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Af.nsf/luFullMap/4C2BCBA5561DCD498525706900768B6A/$File/unhcr_REF_ago300605.pdf?OpenElement Map]

=== Towns served by rail ===
==== North line ====
* [[Luanda]] - port - capital
* [[Caxito]] - branch terminus
* [[Ndalatando]]
* [[Golungo Alto]] - branch terminus
* [[Zenza do Itombel]] - junction
* [[Dondo, Angola|Dondo]] - branch terminus
* [[Malanje]] - terminus

==== Middle line ====
(610mm gauge)

* [[Gunza]] - port
* [[Gabala]] - terminus

==== Central line ====

* [[Benguela]] - port
* [[Lobito]] - port
* [[Cubal]]
* [[Ganda, Angola|Ganda]] - junction
* [[Huambo]] - workshops
* [[Kuito]]
* [[Camacupa]]
* [[Luena]]
* [[Luau, Moxico|Luau]] - border with [[Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
* [[Dilola]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]

==== South Line ====

* [[Namibe]] - port
* [[Matala, Angola|Matala]] - intermediate station
* [[Lubango]] - (246km) - junction
* [[Dongo, Angola|Dongo]] - (500km) - junction
* [[Menongue]] - terminus (756km)
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* [[Lubango]] - junction
* [[Chiange]] - branch terminus (150km) which may be extended to link with {{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Transport in Namibia|Namibia]].
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* [[Dongo, Huila, Angola]] - junction
* [[Chamutete]] - branch terminus

=== Timeline ===

==== 2007 ====

* 26 October, 2007 - talks between Angola and Namibia regarding the link between Namibia and [[Chamutete]]. <ref> http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1863&Itemid=35 </ref>

== Highways ==
* ''total:'' 76,626 km
* ''paved:'' 19,156 km
* ''unpaved:'' 57,470 km (1997 est.)

Travel on highways outside of towns and cities in Angola (and in some cases within) is often not best advised for those without four-by-four vehicles. Whilst a reasonable roads infrastructure has existed within Angola, time and the war have taken their toll on the road surfaces, leaving many severely potholed, littered with broken asphalt. In many areas drivers have established alternate tracks to avoid the worst parts of the surface, although careful attention must be paid to the presence or absence of landmine warning markers by the side of the road.

The Angolan government has contracted the restoration of many of the country's roads, though. Many companies are coming into the country from China and surrounding nations to help improve road surfaces. The road between Lubango and Namibe, for example, was completed recently with funding from the European Union, and is comparable to many European main routes. Progress to complete the road infrastructure is likely to take some decades, but substantial efforts are already being made in the right directions.

== Waterways ==
* 1,295 km navigable

== Pipelines ==

* crude oil 179 km

== Ports and harbors ==
=== Atlantic Ocean ===
* from North to South
* [[Ambriz]]
* [[Cabinda (province)|Cabinda]]
* [[Luanda]] - [[railhead]] for [[Malanje]]
* [[Lobito]] - [[railhead]] for [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
* [[Malongo]]
* [[Namibe]] - [[railhead]] for [[Menongue]]
* [[Porto Amboim]]
* [[Soyo]]

== Merchant marine ==
{{Portal:Nautical/Fleet/Angola}}

== Airports ==
* 243 (2002)

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
* ''total:'' 32
* ''over 3,047 m:'' 4
* ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 8
* ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 14
* ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 5
* ''under 914 m:'' 1 (2002 est.)

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
* ''total:'' 211 (2002)
* ''over 3,047 m:'' 2
* ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 4
* ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 30
* ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 95
* ''under 914 m:'' 80 (2002 est.)

=== National Airline ===
* [[TAAG Angola Airlines]]

== References ==
''This article comes from the [[CIA World Factbook]] 2003.''
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