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Pointe-Noire
train
station
is
a
Congolese
railway
station
on
the
Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville
line.
With
the
train
station
of
Brazzaville,
it
is
one
of
the
two
terminus
of
this
line
at
the
edge
of
the
Atlantic
Ocean,
in
the
department
of
Pointe-Noire.
Located
at
an
height
of
14
m,
Pointe-Noire
station
is
situated
at
the
kilometric
point
(PK)
0
of
the
Congo-Ocean
railway
line
linking
Pointe-Noire,
the
economic
capital
to
Brazzaville,
the
political
capital.
This
line
is
515
km
long.
The
station
is
located
at
the
completion
of
the
Avenue
Charles
de
Gaulle,
the
main
artery
of
the
city.
This
remarkable
building
is
a
landmark
and
a
central
point
in
the
city.
The
railway
line
in
the
city
centre
marks
a
clear
separation
between
downtown
activity
and
"la
côte
sauvage
"
(the
Wild
Coast
beach),
which
remains
a
resort
for
the
pontengrins.
On
September
26,
1921,
the
Governor
General
of
French
Equatorial
Africa,
Victor
Augagneur,
created
the
electoral
district
of
the
Congo-Ocean
Railway
(CFCO),
with
Loudima
as
its
Chief
location.
Thus,
it
is
the
decision
to
build
a
deep-water
harbor
that
pushes
colonial
administrators
to
abandon
the
historic
city
of
Loango
for
the
benefit
of
Pointe
Noire.
The
latter
is
therefore
chosen
to
be
the
terminus
of
the
CFCO.
While
in
1921,
the
first
picks
were
given
for
the
construction
of
the
CFCO
on
the
Brazzaville
side,
the
location
of
the
oceanic
terminus
of
the
line
is
not
yet
defined.
The
design
of
the
building
would
be
1931
and
the
track
was
completely
completed
only
in
1934.
The
set
"descriptive
quotation,
pre-award,
price
list,
estimate,
drawings
"
was
performed
in
1933,
according
to
the
national
overseas
archives
(ANOM).
At
its
official
inauguration
on
July
10,
1934,
the
passenger
station
was
not
completed.
The
temporary
station
(freight
station)
located
closer
to
the
future
port,
were
still
be
used
temporarily
for
the
travelers.
Source:
Wikipedia
El-Jean
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