The Eastern Star Railway is a fictitious railway from Rafiki's Planet Watch in the Africa section of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Description[]
The Eastern Star Railway is a railway in East-Africa which runs from Harambe, Lusaka, Nairobi and Kisangani. The railway's company used steam trains and worked with governments surrounding its stations such as the Harambe Town Council and Rafiki.
Stations[]
- Bwanga Station: Bwanga Station was a station in an unknown African nation which had access to it cut off by the railway company and Harambe Town Council due to eroded train-tracks.
- Conservation Station: This was an ecology station outside of Harambe which was accessed via the, "Wildlife Express" train.
- Harambe Train Station: This was a train station in the port of Harambe. The trains passed through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve as part of their, "Wildlife Express" to the Conservation Station.
- Kisangani: This was the capital city of Tshopo province in the Congo.
- Lusaka: Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia.
- Nairobi: Nairobi is the capital of Kenya.
- Shabi: Shabi was a station in an unknown African nation that had access to it cut off by the railway company and Harambe Town Council due to an outbreak of Kipindupindu (cholera).
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Adventurers Outpost[]
Field notes on Rafiki's Planet Watch mention the Wildlife Express.
Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)[]
Rafiki's Planet Watch[]
Guests access the Conservation Station by riding the Eastern Star Railway's, "Wildlife Express".
The Oasis[]
Holiday decor in this area of Disney's Animal Kingdom featured a small wooden toy version of a train for the Eastern Star Railway, with Stitch from Lilo & Stitch (2002) riding on it.[1]
Walt Disney World Railroad[]
In the Main Street Station of the Walt Disney World Railroad is a chalk-board that mentions the, "Eastern Star" train arriving at the station in a day's time from north-bound.[2] The continuity of this reference is complicated due to Main Street being set in Marceline, Missouri in the U.S.A. though it might be a train named for the African railway, a train owned by the Eastern Star Railway company, or a train accessing Main Street through supernatural means similarly to those used for the Wilds of Adventureland.
Connections[]
Kilimanjaro Safaris[]
A map of Harambe in the Harambe Railroad Station shows that the Eastern Star Railway passes through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve.[3] Parts of the Reserve such as pride rock are visible aboard the train ride.