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Ethiopia opens Sub-Saharan Africa’s first modern light-rail system
By Arthur Chatora on September 22, 2015 — The 32-kilometre line is
expected to carry 15,000 people per hour in one direction, at a top
speed of 70km/hr
The Light Rail System opened on Sunday Photo: ethiopiavid

The Light Rail System opened on Sunday Photo: ethiopiavid

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first modern light-rail system which opened in
Ethiopian on Sunday, has been greeted with great happiness by Addis
Ababa’s commuters and admiration from fellow Africans. Numerous congratulatory messages on the successful completion and launch of the
project were shared on social media.

The $475-million, Chinese-built and funded Light Rail project has
been welcomed a step in the right direction, a development which could transform and spur the country forward.

The 32-kilometre line is expected to carry 15,000 people per hour in
one direction at a top speed of 70km/hr and it will undoubtedly ease
commuting woes in Addis Ababa.

The transport fare is pegged at “6 Ethiopian birr ($0.29), and the
line will cost about 1.5 billion birr a year to run”, Bloomberg
reported.

Transport Minister Workneh Gebeyu said, “The government is subsidizing
this transportation system, this is not for commercial purpose, it’s
for the public”.

Source: Bloomberg

http://thisisafrica.me/ethiopia-opens-sub-saharan-africas-first-modern-light-rail-system/


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