Pada tahun 2011, ''Ethiopian Railway Corporation'' memberikan kontrak kepada dua [[Daftar Badan Usaha Milik Negara di Tiongkok|BUMN Tiongkok]] untuk pembangunan sebuah jalur kereta api [[sepur standar]] baru dari [[Addis Ababa]] ke perbatasan Djibouti. Sepanjang 320 km membentang dari [[Sebeta]] ke Mieso diberikan kepada [[China Railway Group Limited|China Railway Group]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Chinese, Ethiopian firms sign railway project deal|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-10/26/content_13978134.htm|agency=Xinhua|publisher=China Daily USA|date=26 October 2011|quote=The Ethiopian Railway Corporation and the China Railway Group Limited (CREC) on Tuesday signed an accord that enables the latter to construct railways that runs from Sebeta town, some 25 km away from Addis Ababa up to Mieso town in the east of Addis Ababa. The total distance of the railway project covers some 320 kms, according to the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC).}}</ref> anddan theseksi 339 km section fromdari Mieso toke theperbatasan Djibouti border was awarded todiberikan thekepada [[China Civil Engineering Construction|China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Berhane|first1=Daniel|title=Second Chinese company signs up for Ethio-Djibouti rail route|url=http://hornaffairs.com/en/2011/12/18/second-chinese-company-signs-up-for-ethio-djibouti-rail-route/|website=Horn Affairs - English|date=18 December 2011|quote=China Civil Engineering Construction Cooperation (CCECC) signed an agreement on Friday for the construction of the second half of the new Ethiopian – Djibouti rail route. ... The cost of the project is estimated about 1.12 Billion USD – about 3.3 million USD per kilometre.}}</ref> In 2012, Djibouti selected the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to complete the final 100 km to the port of Djibouti.<ref>{{cite news|title=Contract signed for final section of new Djibouti - Ethiopia railway|publisher=Railway Gazette|date=16 February 2012|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/contract-signed-for-final-section-of-new-djibouti-ethiopia-railway.html|quote=The government has awarded China Railway Construction Corp a contract to build its 100 km section of the new standard gauge railway which will replace the out-of-use metre-gauge line from the coast to Addis Abeba in Ethiopia. Announcing the US $505m contract covering the Djibouti section of the route on February 15, CRCC said work was expected to take 60 months. The contractor will arrange Chinese financial support for the project.}}</ref>
