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Pointe-Noire Railway Station, located in the coastal city of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo, serves as a key terminus for the Congo-Ocean Railway. Opened in 1934, this historic station connects the port city to the inland capital, Brazzaville, spanning a distance of over 500 kilometers. The station is a significant transport hub, facilitating the movement of goods and passengers across the region. Its architecture reflects the colonial-era design, and it remains a vital link in the nation's infrastructure, contributing to both local commerce and long-distance travel.

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Reviews of Pointe-Noire Railway Station

Emmanuel Ismman

3
Reviewed: 2024-03-13

Pretty historic station. Yet, it's still functional and useful. The monument in front of it, at the Place du Centenaire, is part of the celebration of the centenary of the city of Pointe-Noire on 22 May 2022.
Herman Du Plessis

3
Reviewed: 2023-07-02

It's a nice historic building good architecture by the French, but now it is going to ruins, smells and dirty inside I climbed the clock tower, clocks are now electric but don't work, some of the old mechanical parts are still there. Homeless people sleep there but it is open and free to visit.
El-Jean

3
Reviewed: 2019-11-26

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
Bryce Caster

4
Reviewed: 2018-02-27

The building is beautiful, but the police are weird about not allowing photography of this symbol of the city.
Benedicte Aloula Manomba

5
Reviewed: 2015-04-25

Air a yes