Railway stations in Mozambique

Railway stations in Mozambique include:

Towns served by railways

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(The lines do not all connect, or connect indirectly)

Northern system

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(northernmost) (CDN) (from west to east)





(isolated line)

Zambezi system

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(gauge unknown) - line sabotaged during civil war, and later pulled up for scrap.[2]


(possible standard gauge)

Central system

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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 )

Proposed

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Southern system

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Train timetable of Maputo

Southeast

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Eastern

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( 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge - defunct )

Approved

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Proposed

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  • 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) 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

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Possible

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p20
  2. ^ "Mozambique: 'Renamo Sabotaged Quelimane Railway' - Zucula". Mozambique News Agency. 8 December 2011 – via allafrica.com.
  3. ^ "Ncondezi Coal 2012 -". www.ncondezicoal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22.
  4. ^ "Railpage".
  5. ^ "Ian Allan Publishing - About Us". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  6. ^ allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Australian Company Plans New Coal Mine in Tete By 2010 (Page 1 of 1)
  7. ^ allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Dondo/Marromeu Railway Rebuilt (Page 1 of 1)
  8. ^ "The Opportunity To Revitalise The Rail Sector". Railwaysafrica.com. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  9. ^ "New Mozambique port gets approval | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  10. ^ Railway Gazette International June 2009, p14
  11. ^ "Portuguese Group To Build Line In Malawi". Railwaysafrica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  12. ^ "RailwaysAfrica". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2013-11-04.

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