Ethiopian Railway Corporation announced by January 2015 the Addis Ababa rail ways system will go operational.

According to the Corporation’s General Manager, Dr. Getachew Betru, the entire project is currently 70 percent over. He further noted concerning the civil works, bridges and underground (cave) constructions part of the project is already 90 percent concluded.

Getachew added a major difficulty the project faced was proper railway administration. He explained now the Corporation is trying to do away with the challenge with professional companies that help operate the railway system.

The General Manager for the Addis Ababa Light Railway Project, Engineer Behailu Sintayehu, said the civil work is over. Along to this, welding of railway as well as construction of power generating poles is being finalized.

Behailu added the entire railway system is said to cover over 34 kilometers and have proper stations in every 700 Meters distance in average. This project has thus far created a total of 3000 jobs.

According to the Ethiopian News Agency, the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit Project was started on January 31, 2012.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency