Sena railway

Sena railway
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
Service
TypeCape gauge
Operator(s)CFM, CEAR and ZR
History
Opened1904
Technical
Line lengthc. 1,000 km (620 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Sena railway,[1][2] also called Shire Highlands railway, Dondo-Malawi railway and North-South Malawi railway, is a railway that connects Dondo, Mozambique, to Chipata, in Zambia. It is c. 1000 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.[3]

On the Mozambican stretch, between Dondo and Vila Nova de Fronteira, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM);[1] on the Malawian stretch, between the cities of Marka and Mchinji, the administration is done by the company Central East African Railways (CEAR).[4] In the short stretch in the territory of Zambia, between the cities of Mwami and Chipata, the railway is controlled by the company Zambia Railways (ZR).[5]

Its main maritime logistics facilities are at the port of Beira and port of Nacala.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Linha de Sena" (HTML). CFM. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Beira Corridor Project" (HTML). EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment. Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018.
  4. ^ About. CEAR. 2019.
  5. ^ Railway network. Zambia Railways. 2018.