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Cape to Cairo Railway

Project
The Cape to Cairo Railway was an unfinished project to create a railway line crossing Africa from south to north. It would have been the largest and most important railway of that continent. It was planned as a link between Cape Town in South... Wikipedia
Line length: 10,489 km (6,518 mi)
Status: Only a few stretches in operation; 5,625 kilometres (3,495 mi)
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge