(Engineering) and the Centre d’éducation, de formation et d’apprentissage en mécanique auto (Automotive Engineering). The Higher Institute of Technology of Central Africa has a campus in the city. There are also several other institutions of higher education in the city. Transport Pointe-Noire is home to Agostinho-Neto International Airport which as of May 2015 had direct flights to Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Brazzaville, Casablanca, Cotonou, Douala, Kinshasa–N'Djili, Libreville, Lomé, Malabo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port-Gentil, and Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo and was second busiest airport in the country. Pointe-Noire is also the terminus of the Congo-Ocean Railway, the railway station being a notable building. the railway was operating the La Gazelle train service every other day to Brazzaville and intermediate destinations. Thanks to its rapid growth, the city now includes Tié-Tié Railway Station and Ngondji Railway Station, the next railway stations after the Pointe Noire terminus. Pointe-Noire has a taxi-bus network that runs throughout the entire city. On 22 June 2010 a train departing from Pointe-Noire derailed resulting in the deaths of at least 50 passengers. The railway was built by the French between 1921 and 1934 during the French colonial rule in Congo. Thousands of people died while building the railway. Places of worship Among the places of worship, they are predominantly Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Diocese of Pointe-Noire (Catholic Church), Evangelical Church of Congo (World Communion of Reformed Churches) and Assemblies of God. Rankings In the Mercer (consulting firm) Quality of Living Survey of 215 cities, Pointe Noire was ranked 209 in 2009. The rank for 2008 was 210. Sport Football teams include Association Sportive des Cheminots and Jeunesse Sportive les Bougainvillées. Twin towns – sister cities Pointe-Noire is twinned with: Dalian, China New Orleans, United States Suzhou, China Notable people Delvin N'Dinga, footballer Junior Etou (born 1994), Congolese basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ghislaine Sathoud, feminist writer Alain Mabanckou (born 1966), writer See also Railway stations in Congo References External links Decalo S., Thompson V. & Adloff R. 1984. Historical dictionary of Congo pp. 244–245. USA: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Departments of the Republic of the Congo Populated places in the Republic of the Congo Populated coastal places in the Republic of the Congo Populated places established in 1883 1883 establishments in French Congo