Train attendants take a selfie in front of a train running on the line linking Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia, and Djibouti, capital city of Djibouti, on Oct. 5, 2016.(Photo/Xinhua)

Opened to traffic in October 2016, the railway, the first one-of-a-kind electrified line in East Africa, was the first railway Chinese enterprises built overseas with only Chinese standard and Chinese equipment.