Limpopo railway

Limpopo railway
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
Service
TypeCape gauge
Operator(s)CFM and NRZ
History
Opened1914
Technical
Line length900 km (560 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Limpopo Railway, also called Gweru-Maputo railway,[1] is a railway that connects the city of Maputo, Mozambique, to the city from Somabhula, in Zimbabwe. It is 900 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.[2][3]

On the Mozambican stretch, between Maputo and Chicualacuala, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM);[1] on the Zimbabwean stretch, between the cities of Nyangambe (Sango-Nyala) and Somabhula, the administration is done by the company National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).[4]

Its main maritime logistics facility is the port of Maputo.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Linha do Limpopo" (HTML). CFM. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment. Atlassian Confluence. 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ Zimbabwe: Railway Lines Underused. All Africa. 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ Network System: System Map. National Railways Of Zimbabwe. 2017.