Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
International railway line serving Ethiopia and Djibouti
Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ–ጅቡቲ የባቡር መስመር; French: Chemin de fer Addis Abeba–Djibouti, Oromo: Daandii baaburaa Finfinneefi Jibutii, Somali: Jidka Tareenka ee Addis Ababa-Jabuuti) is a standard gauge international railway that serves as the backbone of the new Ethiopian National Railway Network. The railway was inaugurated by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on January 1, 2018. It provides landlocked Ethiopia with access to the sea, linking Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa with Djibouti and its Port of Doraleh. More than 95% of Ethiopia's trade passes through Djibouti, accounting for 70% of the activity at the Port of Djibouti. The total railway capacity is 24.9 million tonnes of freight annually. Traffic was project to reach 6 million tonnes annually by 2023, but in 2025 it handled only 3.2 tonnes. Although infrastructure to connect the railway to the Port of Doraleh was not completed by the completion of the initial segments, they were constructed over the next...
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