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The Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (lit. 'Company of Minor Railways of the Congo'), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated the narrow gauge Vicicongo line and provided trucking services in the northeast Belgian Congo, and then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1924 and 1974. It provided transport for agricultural goods produced in the northeast that were shipped on the Congo River to Léopoldville (Kinshasa). After independence in 1960 there were civil disturbances and the railway was poorly maintained. The company was taken over by the state in 1974. Later there were further disturbances in which the stations were destroyed and the rolling stock used as a source of metal.The track is decrepit and no longer usable.

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  • The Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (lit. 'Company of Minor Railways of the Congo'), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated the narrow gauge Vicicongo line and provided trucking services in the northeast Belgian Congo, and then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1924 and 1974. It provided transport for agricultural goods produced in the northeast that were shipped on the Congo River to Léopoldville (Kinshasa). After independence in 1960 there were civil disturbances and the railway was poorly maintained. The company was taken over by the state in 1974. Later there were further disturbances in which the stations were destroyed and the rolling stock used as a source of metal.The track is decrepit and no longer usable. (en)
  • La Société des chemins de fer vicinaux du Congo (CVC ou Vicicongo), est constituée le 7 mai 1924, chez maitre Louis François de Leener, notaire à Bruxelles. Elle construit et exploite un réseau à l'écartement de 600 mm dans le nord-est du Congo belge devenu République démocratique du Congo. La Société Vicicongo est nationalisée en 1971, devient Société des chemins de fer vicinaux du Zaïre (Vicizaïre) puis est intégrée à la Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois (S.N.C.Z.) le 2 décembre 1974. (fr)
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  • 1974-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • 1924-05-07 (xsd:date)
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  • 1924-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1974-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (en)
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  • Vicicongo or CVC (en)
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  • Railway company (en)
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  • The Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (lit. 'Company of Minor Railways of the Congo'), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated the narrow gauge Vicicongo line and provided trucking services in the northeast Belgian Congo, and then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1924 and 1974. It provided transport for agricultural goods produced in the northeast that were shipped on the Congo River to Léopoldville (Kinshasa). After independence in 1960 there were civil disturbances and the railway was poorly maintained. The company was taken over by the state in 1974. Later there were further disturbances in which the stations were destroyed and the rolling stock used as a source of metal.The track is decrepit and no longer usable. (en)
  • La Société des chemins de fer vicinaux du Congo (CVC ou Vicicongo), est constituée le 7 mai 1924, chez maitre Louis François de Leener, notaire à Bruxelles. Elle construit et exploite un réseau à l'écartement de 600 mm dans le nord-est du Congo belge devenu République démocratique du Congo. La Société Vicicongo est nationalisée en 1971, devient Société des chemins de fer vicinaux du Zaïre (Vicizaïre) puis est intégrée à la Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois (S.N.C.Z.) le 2 décembre 1974. (fr)
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  • Société des chemins de fer vicinaux du Congo (fr)
  • Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (en)
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