Rey José Ekandjum Station
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Aldea, Salvador de Mungo Formosa | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Ministry of Transportation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ferrofor - Highland Line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Ferrofor | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Limited | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Spanish Mission | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1940s | ||||||||||
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Rey José Ekandjum Station is a railway station located in the city of Salvador de Mungo in Formosa's Litoral Region. It is the northern terminus of Ferrofor's Highland Line and the closest railway station to the mountainous Bámum Region.
The station is named for King José Ekandjum, a past king of the Mbo kingdom of Mungo, who inhabited the area at the time of European arrival. It was constructed in the late 1940s in the western Aldea borough to connect the highland tribes to Acua and facilitate the export of coffee and palm oil. Plans to extend the railroad to Bafussam were anticipated into the 1950s and 60s but were disrupted by the rise of FRELIFO and the shift of the economy towards oil and gas. The democratic-era Rail Transport Master Plan envisions completing the extension through Bafussam to Fumban.