The 752.7 km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway was inaugurated in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in a grand ceremony, Xinhua news agency reported.
The railway has a designed speed of 120 km per hour and was constructed by China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation with a total investment of $4 billion.
It is expected to reduce travel time between the two capital cities from seven days by road to about 10 hours only, and provide landlocked Ethiopia faster access to Djibouti port.
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