Compagnie des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville

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Société des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville
KDL
TypeRailway company
Founded1952 (1952)
Defunct1974 (1974)
Area served
Congo Free State / Belgian Congo

The Société des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville (KDL) was a railway concession owner in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo. The network was built, maintained and operated by the Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga (BCK).

History[]

Railways in the Congo

In 1952 the Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo (LKD) merged with Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga CFK to form the Société des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville (KDL).[1] The merger of the two companies was the work of , chairman of the board of both CFK and KDL. The new company was the sole railway concessionary in the Katanga Province.[2] KDL held the rail network concessions in Katanga, while BCK was the operator.[1]

In 1960 the company was nationalized and became the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Kinshasa-Dilolo-Lubumbashi (KDL). In 1970 the company took over BCK.[citation needed] On 1 July 1974 the Compagnie de chemin de fer de Kinshasa-Dilolo-Lubumbashi was taken over by the state-owned Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois, which now owned all the railways in the Congo.[3][4]

Network[]

  • Dilolo - Tenke, (529.9 kilometres (329.3 mi))
    Dilolo - Kasaji, (137.6 kilometres (85.5 mi)), opened 1 June 1930
    Kasaji - Manika, Kolwezi, (296.3 kilometres (184.1 mi)), opened 10 March 1931
    Manika - Divuma – Tenke, (86.0 kilometres (53.4 mi)), opened 26 April 1931
  • Divuma – Kisenge mines, (29.4 kilometres (18.3 mi)), opened in 1931, branch line

See also[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b BCK - KDL.
  2. ^ Brion & Moreau 2015.
  3. ^ N'Lemvo Dedengity 2008.
  4. ^ U.S. Dept of Commerce 1974, p. 16.

Sources[]

  • BCK - KDL - Le site des chemins de fer du Katanga, 2010, retrieved 2021-03-31
  • Brion, R.; Moreau, Moreau (2015), "Jadot (Odon)", Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer, IX, Acad. Roy. Science d'Outre-Mer, pp. col.204-210, retrieved 2021-04-01
  • N'Lemvo Dedengity, Alain Riche (2008), "Historique de la S.N.C.C.", La problématique de l'audit interne dans la gestion des entreprises publiques en République Démocratique du Congo: Cas de « LA SOCIETE NATIONALE DE CHEMINS DE FER DU CONGO (thesis), Institut supérieur du commerce, retrieved 2021-03-30
  • U.S. Dept of Commerce (1974), Trading with the U.S.S.R., U.S. Department of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration
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