Addis Ababa Light Rail

The Addis Ababa Light Rail (Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ ቀላል ባቡር, romanized: Ye’Adīsi Abeba k’elali Baburi) is a light rail system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Railways Corporation began construction of the double-track electrified light rail transit project in December 2011 after securing funds from the Export-Import Bank of China.

[6] The Addis Ababa Light Rail was originally to have a total of 41 stations on its two lines, and each train was planned to have the capacity to carry 286 passengers.

[14] By 2023, the system averaged 56,000 daily passengers due to limited rolling stock availability.

The first one will start at St. George's Cathedral, pass along Mexico Square to the African Union Headquarters and will terminate at Lebu, connecting to the new national rail network.

[15] The reasons for the low reliability of the trains are likely to be car motor overloading problems and inadequate maintenance.

Light Rail Traffic Circle ( Mexico Square )
Urael Station
A light rail train pulling into and out of a station, 2018
Light Rail vehicle