Editing Kinshasa (section)

===Rail===
{{See also|Railways in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
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[[File:Kinshasa train station (21237028852).jpg|thumb|A memorial at [[Gare de l'Est, Kinshasa|Kinshasa train station]] remembering those who died during the construction of the railroad]]

The [[Matadi–Kinshasa Railway]]<ref>{{cite web |title=DRC Unveils $956 Million Plan to Modernize Matadi-Kinshasa Railway – Efficacy News |url=https://efficacynews.africa/2024/02/21/drc-unveils-956-million-plan-to-modernize-matadi-kinshasa-railway/ |website=efficacynews.africa |access-date=22 December 2024 |date=21 February 2024}}</ref> connects Kinshasa with [[Matadi]], Congo's Atlantic port. The line reopened in September 2015 after around a decade without regular service. There is an intermittent service, with a poor safety record.

According to the [[Société commerciale des transports et des ports|Société Commerciale des Transports et des Ports]] (SCTP), the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway (CFMK) has the highest transport of goods in import, 8 746 tonnes in January, 11,318 tonnes in February 10,032 tonnes in March, 7,244 tonnes in April, 5,024 tonnes in March and 7,745 tonnes in June. The monthly tonnage of exported goods reached only 1,000 tonnes in the month of March 2018. In January some 284 tonnes of goods were exported from the ports of Boma and Matadi, via the railway, and 711 tonnes in February, then 1,058 tonnes in March, 684 tonnes in April, 818 tonnes in May and 853 tonnes in June.

The monthly statistics for passenger traffic are as follows: 2,294 persons in January, 1,836 in February, 2065 in March, 2,660 in April, 1,952 in May and 2,660 in June.

The line connecting the port of Matadi to Kinshasa is 366&nbsp;km long. Its distance has been since 3111 of 3112 feet or 42 inches (lane capped 1,067 meter): This railway belongs, in fact, to the [[Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo|National Railway Company of the Congo]] (''Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo''; SNCC). It is only exploited by the SCTP, formerly ONATRA, according to an agreement signed by the two companies.

This line lost large shares of the market, following its lamentable state, insecurity on the rails (some trains are attacked), and the rehabilitation of the road along the rails in 2000. According to Congolese sources, an agreement with a Chinese construction company was signed in 2006, according to which this Chinese company will finance the renovation of the track, the rolling stock, the communication channels for the signaling, and the electrical power source. The ex-ONATRA has, in fact, opted for an aggressive commercial policy to revive the rails.

On June 30, 2018, the SCTP received two locomotives and 50 wagons from the African firm ARSS (African-Rolling Stock Solution).

In 2017, some 2.2 million tonnes of cement were produced by the two new start-up companies, PPC Barnet and Kongo Cement Factory (CIMKO). The SCTP did indeed transport part of this production to Kinshasa but the exact quantity was not communicated by the railway department of the company, the former DG Kimbembe Mazunga had communicated an agreed protocol of agreements with the cement manufacturers of Kongo-Central for the transport of their productions.