Railway stations in Mozambique
Railway stations in Mozambique include:
Towns served by railways
(The lines do not all connect, or connect indirectly)
Nacala system
(northernmost) (CDN) (from west to east)
- Nayuchi -
Malawi - border town. - Malema - way station
- Nampula - workshops
- Metocheria
- Gelo
- Monapo - junction
- Nachicuva River
- Nacala - deep water port
(isolated line)
- Matiban
Zambezi system
(gauge unknown) - line sabotaged during civil war, and later pulled up for scrap.[2]
(possible standard gauge)
Central system
The railway to Zimbabwe was originally 610 mm (2 ft) in 1890, but was converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) in 1900.[5]
( Zambezi valley )
- Beira - port
- Dondo - junction - cement works
- Muanza - limestone
- Inhaminga
- Inhamitanga - junction
- Caia - junction
- Vila de Sena - south side of bridge over Zambezi River
- Mutarara - north side of bridge - junction for Malawi
- Kambulatsisi - junction
- Moatize - coal mines - railhead.
Proposed
- Mutarara - north side of bridge - junction for Malawi
- Vila Nova da Fronteira - border with Malawi
- Nsanje
- Inhamitanga - junction
- Machipanda - (317 km)
- Dondo - junction - cement works
-
Chimoio - Manica
-
Mutare (Umtali before 1982), Zimbabwe - workshops - Rusape
Southern system
- Sango - border station
- Chicualacuala (formerly Malvernia) - border with Zimbabwe
- Mapai
- Guiga
- Manhiça
- Chokwé - way station
- Mabalane - way station
- Combomune - way station
- Mpuzi
- Magude - river crossing and junction
- Macarretane - river crossing
- Maputo - port - national capital
- Tenga - site of serious accident
- Muxia - junction
- Goba - to be restored 2008
-
Ressano Garcia - on the border with South Africa - Komatipoort - 90 km
- Matola - coal export port
- Salamanga - branch terminus
Southeast
- Xai-Xai - river port - 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge
- Manjacaze - junction
- Maroa - terminus
- Chicome - branch terminus
Eastern
( 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge - defunct )
Other
Approved
Proposed
- Tete - coal mining
- Standard gauge
- A local subsidiary of Kazakhstan-based Eurasian Natural Resources Corp has commissioned Mott MacDonald to undertake studies and is seeking expressions of interest in building a 1200 km line from Chiuta in Tete province to a new port at Nacala, bypassing Malawi. The line would be available to third parties, and a passenger service.
- Moatize - coal
- Caia
- Quelimane
- Nacala - port
Possible
-
Serule, Botswana - Techobanine deepwater port.
See also
References
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p20
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201112090337.html
- ↑ http://www.ncondezicoal.com/export-thermal-coal.aspx
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11360772-s150.htm
- ↑ https://www.ianallanpublishing.com/product.php?productid=8438&cat=1142&page=23
- ↑ allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Australian Company Plans New Coal Mine in Tete By 2010 (Page 1 of 1)
- ↑ allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Dondo/Marromeu Railway Rebuilt (Page 1 of 1)
- ↑ http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3220&Itemid=35
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/05/new-mozambique-port-gets-approval/
- ↑ Railway Gazette International June 2009, p14
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/02/portuguese-group-to-build-line-in-malawi/
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica
Maps
- UN Map
- UNHCR Altas Map (2005)
- Map Port Nacala railhead - shows line through Malawi to Chipata, Zambia.
- Southern Africa
- Sena Railway
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