The Matadi–Kinshasa Railway is a railway line in Kongo Central province between Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the port of Matadi.
Matadi train station, September 2015
The first locomotive arriving at Léopoldville in 1898
The Gare de l'Est, also known as Kinshasa Est or Kinshasa Central Station, is a central railway station situated in the Gombe commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Positioned along th
Matadi–Kinshasa Railway
…Kasangulu (339 m) Kinshasa (177 m) railhead, river port and national capital. The railway line and the port of Matadi are the main connection for Kinshasa to the external world…
A memorial at the station remembering those who died during the construction of the railroad