Furi Lebu is the main passenger station for the modern Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway, the line that reconnected landlocked Ethiopia to the port of Djibouti and returned long-distance rail to the country in 2018 after more than a decade without long-distance rail access. Rail returns, but at the edge What stands out is the location. Unlike historic terminals such as La Gare, Furi Lebu sits on the south-western edge of Addis Ababa. For passengers, that means rail is no longer something you access from the city centre, but something you travel to first, almost like an airport. From a corridor per…