Luanda Bungo Railway Station | |
|---|---|
 A view of the frontage of the station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Rua Major Kanhangulo, No. 1 Angola |
| Coordinates | 8°48′19.8″S 13°14′39.93″E / 8.805500°S 13.2444250°E |
| Owned by | INCFA |
| Operated by | Luanda Railway |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | October 31, 1889 |
| Rebuilt | 2010 |
Luanda Bungo Railway Station is the main railway station in the Angolan capital of Luanda. The station is located in the Ingombota District of Luanda. It was inaugurated in 1889, along with the first 45-kilometer section of the Ambaca Railway.[1] The station building was classified as Historical and Cultural Heritage site of Angola in 2001.[2] The name comes from the word "Mbungo", which in Kimbundu means "horn", which is a descriptor of the topography of the city from 1846 with trains making a roundabout motion from the interior to the coastline around a large hill on the northern edge of the city center.[3]
- ^ Araújo, Sara Laíde Pinto (2017). A estação da Cidade Alta de Luanda e a linha de Ambaca: comparação com situações semelhantes em Portugal (Tese) (in Portuguese). Universidade Lusíada.
- ^ "Roteiro Estação do Bungo". Rede Angola. 19 Aug 2015. Retrieved 23 Mar 2019.
- ^ Martins, João Maria (2014). Luanda, invenção de uma capital. Braga: Gato do Bosque. p. 230. ISBN 978-989-98995-1-3.