Chinese-built Ethiopia light rail transports more than 29 mln people in 9 months
Ethiopia, April 25 -- The Chinese-built 34-km Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (AALRT) network has transported more than 29 million people in just nine months, the Ethiopian Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced on Wednesday.
In a report submitted to Ethiopian parliament, MoT said the AALRT has earned around 3 million U.S. dollars transporting more than 29 million passengers in Addis Ababa during the first nine months of the current Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2018/19, which started July 8.
Commissioned in September 2015, AALRT is the first light railway in Africa built at a cost of 475 million U.S. dollars, with 85 percent of funding coming from the Export-Import Bank of China.
The rail project was constructed by China Railway Engineering Cor...
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