A privilege to host my dear brother H.E. @EybeAbdi, Ambassador of Djibouti to Ethiopia, at Galaan this morning. We toured our rolling stock overhaul workshop and the Multipurpose Port, both built and renewed by our own EDR staff. Two nations, one corridor. 🇪🇹🇩🇯
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የመደመር እሳቤ በተግባር፤
ሀገራዊ አቅምን የማሰባሰብ፣ የመለወጥና የማላቅ እሳቤ በገላን በሚገኘው የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ ምድር ባቡር የሮሊንግ ስቶክ (Rolling Stock) ወርክሾፕ በተግባር ሕያው ሆኖ አይተናል።
አንድ ወጣት ባለሙያ በራሱ ተነሳሽነት እያጋጠሙ ያሉ ችግሮችን ለመፍታት እና የሮሊንግ ስቶክ ሥራ ሳይቋረጥ እንዲቀጥል ለማስቻል ዓላማውን ለሥራ ባልደረቦቹ አስረድቶ አሳመናቸው። በወርክሾፑ ውስጥ ያሉ ሀብቶችን፣ ባለሙያዎችንና አስፈላጊ ቁሳቁሶችን አሰባስቦ ፉርጎዎችን የምትጎትት፣ በኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል የምትሠራ የመጀመሪያዋን ፉርጎ ጎታች (Rail Car) ሠርቶ አጠናቅቆ አስረክቦናል። ይህችን ፉርጎ ጎታች በአሁኑ የገበያ ዋጋ ብንገዛት ከ450,000 እስከ 500,000 የአሜሪካ ዶላር ያስወጣን ነበር።
ይህች ፉርጎ ጎታች በተደመረ አቅም የተሠራች የኢትዮጵያ ልጆች የመጀመሪያ የፈጠራ ውጤት በመሆኗ "መደመር ፉርጎ" ብለን ሰይመናታል።
መደመር ቃል ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ አቅማችንን አስተባብረን ስንሠራ የምናመጣው ተጨባጭ ውጤት ነው።
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Our Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ( Dr),
Congratulations to you, and congratulations to us all.
Under your leadership, by uniting our strengths through Medemer, we will build a great nation.
When Ethio Djbouti Railway (EDR) set out to overhaul its locomotives and wagons, the easy path was to outsource. We chose our own workshops and our own people.
Direction gave the team a clear target: 5 diesel and 3 electric locomotives back on the corridor, plus the wagons behind them.
Delivery turned that target into rolling stock on the line, not a proposal on a desk.
Discipline kept the work on schedule, on standard, and on budget.
The result: millions of dollars saved in foreign exchange, assets that would otherwise sit idle now hauling freight between Addis and Djibouti.
But the return that compounds is human. Every engineer, technician and welder who rebuilt those locomotives now carries proof that EDR can do hard things by its own force. That confidence spills over into every yard, every shift, every next challenge.
Savings you can count. Resilience you can build on.
እንኳን አደረሰን
በአዲሱ አመት በተገራና በተሰናዳ የብረት መንገድ ላይ የሚምዘገዘገው ፤የበረሃዉ መርከብ፣የሎጂስቲክስ ንስር ፤የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ ባቡር ፤ ለኢትዮጵያ ማንሰራራት ወሳኝ አቅም ሆኖ ይቀጥላል::
መልካም አዲስ አመት 🇪🇹🌼
Bara dukkanaa keessatti ifa qabsoo Uummata Oromoo taatee, weellu fi sagalee qabsoo ol kaaftee dhageessifte. Urjii qabsoo Oromoo, sagalee qabsoo Oromoo, nagaan boqadhu.
Breakthrough isn’t just a word. It’s an action, one that only risk-takers dare to imagine and then make real.
Today, that breakthrough is happening at Ethio-Djibouti Railway (EDR).
For the first time, our own local engineers and technicians are overhauling entire locomotive engines and bogies, and fully restoring our freight and passenger coaches, right here at home. No shipping abroad. No waiting months. No foreign dependency.
This is more than maintenance. It’s proof of what Ethiopian and Djiboutian talent can achieve when trusted with the mission.
A huge leap forward, built by our own hands.
From digital foundation to digital logistics spur — by developing an Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS)
EDR’s Freight Digital Booking and Management Platform is live.
Book. Pay. Track. Manage. One cargo, one place, no paper trail chasing you down the corridor.
But let’s be honest with ourselves: a platform is a piece of the chain, not the chain. Capable people, wagons we can see, rolling stock we can count on, and more passing stations complete the inland leg. Secured sea access completes the whole.
So this is a launch, and it is also an invitation:
• Shippers – test it hard. Tell us where it falls short; that is where we will build next. • Shipping lines – let’s connect our systems. A booking should not stop at the water’s edge. • EDR colleagues – the platform is only as good as the way we use it. It amplifies discipline; it does not replace it.
The foundation is laid. Now we build the spur
A New Chapter in Passenger Service at EDR
We are pleased to announce the launch of the EDR Passenger App, making railway ticketing more accessible, convenient, and digitally connected.
Passengers can now access EDR ticketing through iOS, Android, Web, and the Telebirr Super App.
This is another step toward delivering a more modern, efficient, and customer-focused railway experience.
EDR — Connecting People. Connecting Nations.
Download the apps below 👇
apps.apple.com/us/app/edr-pa…
play.google.com/store/apps/d…
passenger.edrsc.com/
EDR Sets a Bold Target: 4.6 Million Tonnes for the 2019 Ethiopian Fiscal Year
In a joint session of the Head Office and Djibouti Branch, Ethio-Djibouti Railway (EDR) management reviewed the 2019 EFY execution plan and committed to an ambitious goal: moving 4.6 million tonnes of cargo across the Ethio-Djibouti Corridor.
This is a decisive step for trade through the Port of Djibouti and a clear signal of the railway’s growing role as the backbone of the corridor.
The plan stands on solid ground — built on the real volume of Ethiopia’s exports and imports moving through Djibouti, and anchored in the railway’s share of the national cargo market. A share we are determined to grow.
We have also launched our new passenger app, now available on the App Store, bringing online ticket booking to travellers on the corridor.
Today, Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services (ESL) and Ethio-Djibouti Railway (EDR) reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration and moving more import and export cargo across the Ethio-Djibouti Corridor than previously planned.
The two companies also commended last year’s shared success in connecting businesses across diverse cargo types, from the sea to the city and beyond into the hinterland.
In the last Ethiopian fiscal year, both logistics companies demonstrated strong carrying capacity and streamlined the smooth flow of cargo on both legs of the journey, sea and inland.
I couldn’t be prouder today.
At Galaan Rolling Stock Depot, I witnessed something remarkable: locomotives and passenger coaches being overhauled, repaired, and assembled by our own Ethio-Djibouti Railway engineers.
For years, this generation waited for the chance to build with its own expertise and skill. That wait is over. What I saw today is not a plan or a promise; it is real work, done by real hands, on the corridor itself.
This is the legacy we are building. This is what ownership looks like.
To every engineer and technician at Galaan: thank you. The future of this railway is in your hands, and it is in good hands.
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በሀገር ልጆች ሀገር ቀል እውቀትና ክህሎት፤
ዛሬ በኢትዮ–ጅቡቲ ባቡር (EDR) የተመለከትነው ስራ ይህ ትውልድ በቁርጠኝነት ተነስቶ የተገበረውን እውነታ በሚገባ ያሳያል።
ዛሬ ያየነው ፈጠራ ነው — በተግባር የተገለጸ ስኬት።
አቧራ ለብሰው፣ ለብዙ ወራት የቆሙ ፉርጎዎችና ሰረገላዎች ሙሉ በሙሉ ተጠግነው፣ ተገጣጥመው ወደ ስራ ሲገቡ ዛሬ አይተናል።
ይህን ፈጠራ ልዩ የሚያደርገው ቡድኑ ፕሮጀክቱን ከሃሳብና ከዲዛይን ጀምሮ፣ እስከ መገጣጠምና በሀዲድ ላይ እስከ ማስቀመጥ ድረስ ያለውን ሙሉ ሂደት በራሱ መምራቱ ነው።
የተሰራው ስራ ለሚቀጥሉት ተግባራችን ጠንካራ መሰረት ይሆናል።
Two Years on the Corridor: A Reflection
Two years ago, when we assumed leadership of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway Share Company, there was nothing glamorous about the task ahead of us.
Nine locomotives ran out of a fleet of thirty-five; the rest sat silent in sheds and parking lots. More than half of our wagons, flat cars and box cars alike, gathered dust. An enormous national asset lay unproductive, and more than 4,000 of our own people stood by as spectators to a railway that barely moved. When trains did run, they crawled at 20 to 30 kilometers per hour with a handful of containers behind them. We struggled to pay salaries. We stood at the edge of bankruptcy.
Today, that story has been rewritten.
The company once known for its fading presence on the corridor is now its most capable operator: profitable, growing, and shaping the flow of Ethiopia’s trade. Our trains run coupled and at full capacity, moving over 14×106 containers a day alongside 3,000 tonnes of bulk cargo. Annual carrying capacity has climbed from 1.3 million to 4 million tonnes. Our share of national exports has risen from 9% to 50%, and of imports from 11% to 25%. And every piece of maintenance and rolling stock work is now done entirely by our own local hands.
The expertise we forged repairing track has grown into something larger still: today we are fully committed to developing railway infrastructure, including ports and terminals.
None of this was inevitable. It was earned, train by train and repair by repair, by the hands of our people.
At this moment of reflection, I am deeply grateful to our Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli, whose support and guidance have been instrumental at every step of the way.
To our staff: what we have built is momentum. What comes next is movement, all along the corridor.
We are committed to continue our legacy of sustainability at the Galan Multipurpose Port (GMP). With every tree we plant, we are not just greening our landscape; we are breathing life into our logistics hub. This growing plantation serves as a vital green buffer, softening the concrete and steel infrastructure here at GMP and reinforcing our commitment to the green legacy initiative.
July performance review :
We kicked off the month with a thorough assessment of our operations to maintain takeoff momentum and track key performance indicators. To close out the review, we planted vegetable trees at our Galan port.
Galan Multipurpose Port – Ready for the Export Surge!
Exports are booming, and EDR is stepping up to keep the momentum going.
To ensure seamless shipment of export commodities, we are committed to operating seven days a week at Galan Multipurpose Port (GMP) and we've formally called on the Customs Commission and cooperating with them to enhance this effort with:
-Full staffing on Saturdays & Sundays, starting August 15, 2026
-24/7 service availability throughout the week
t's a national mission.
Together with key government stakeholders, we're removing barriers, accelerating trade, and driving Ethiopia's export growth forward.
