Railway stations in Mozambique

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Railway stations in Mozambique include:

Towns served by railways

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

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Northern system

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

(isolated line)

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 )

Proposed

Southern system

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Train timetable of Maputo

Southeast

Eastern

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

Approved

Proposed

[12]

Possible

See also

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References

  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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