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378:(LKD) was created through a 16 September 1927 agreement between the government and BCK, and was an administrative and financial vehicle. The government was its main shareholder, and granted it concessions for the three lines: Bukama–Port-Francqui, Tenke–Dilolo and Port-Francqui–Léopoldville. Construction and operation of the lines was subcontracted to BCK. BCK was responsible for all the track, and operated the network and equipment as a whole. The 523 kilometres (325 mi) line from Tenke to Dilolo was completed in 1931. At Dilolo the BCK network connected to the
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227:(UMHK) was founded in 1906 to develop mines in Katanga. It was also to participate in building a railway to carry material and equipment to the mines and to take away the extracted minerals.
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were no more than 12.5/1000, with compensation for curves with a radius of less than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Between Tenke and Bukama there were gradients of 15/1000 or 20/1000. The
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became independent in 1960. In 1961 the BCK was divided into two companies: an old BCK under
Belgian law and a new BCK under Congolese law. The latter was taken over in 1970 by the
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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
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held 1,600 shares. Théodore
Heyvaert was president and Robert Williams was vice-president. The CFK was to build links to the region where the city of Elisabethville (
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Take over the Free State's share in the CFK and survey, build and operate a line connecting the navigable part of the
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and to carry out mining research in a defined area. The UMHK acquired almost 10% of the BCK, but the government was the main shareholder.
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for export. In the 1920s it was proposed to build a rail link from Ilebo to
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line in China, was made managing director. The BCK controlled the CFK on behalf of the government. The BCK was to:
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The railway network was 1,645 kilometres (1,022 mi) long. The gauge of all lines was
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was started in 1911 and completed in 1918. In 1919 the BCK founded the subsidiary
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Survey, build and operate a railway line from
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Lubumbashi ATC (1972)
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BCK connected the mines of
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Railways in the
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464:(KDL). On 1 July 1974 KDL was taken over by the state-owned
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Railway companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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On 31 October 1906 the CSK, the Congo Free State and the
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Compagnie de chemin de fer de Kinshasa-Dilolo-Lubumbashi
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Compagnie des Chemins de fer Katanga-Dilolo-LĂ©opoldville
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Chemin de fer de Katanga reaches Elisabethville in 1910.
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Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo
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139:Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga
29:Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga
18:Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Bas-Congo au Katanga
751:BCK - KDL - Le site des chemins de fer du Katanga
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129:Democratic Republic of the Congo
780:(3 ed.), Scarecrow Press,
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398:Chemins de Fer des Grands Lacs
324:The line from Elisabethville (
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801:"Les Compagnies ferroviaires"
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116:Area served
1008:Categories
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810:2021-03-31
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771:"Railways"
762:2021-03-31
697:Rixke 2012
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535:Mwene-Ditu
328:) down to
326:Lubumbashi
259:Jean Jadot
231:Foundation
204:Lubumbashi
182:Background
92:1906-10-31
49:Trade name
916:Vicicongo
682:Bobb 2010
659:BCK - KDL
628:Citations
498:Gradients
411:converted
957:Sizarail
616:See also
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363:Atlantic
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589:Kabongo
551:Kananga
545:Kananga
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301:Sakania
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263:Beijing
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525:Kamina
521:Bukama
509:Bukama
449:Kamina
403:Kabalo
384:Lobito
367:Matadi
330:Bukama
305:Bukama
294:Dilolo
288:, the
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267:Hankow
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176:Lobito
172:Matadi
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290:Tenke
279:Ilebo
156:Zaire
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