Railway stations in Zambia

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New Kapiri Mposhi railway station, TAZARA Railway, 2009. New Kapiri Mposhi station 2009.jpg
New Kapiri Mposhi railway station, TAZARA Railway, 2009.

Railway stations in Zambia include:

Maps

Principal towns served by rail

New Kapiri Mposhi interior New Kapiri Mposhi Station interior.jpg
New Kapiri Mposhi interior

Existing

Lusaka - capitalKabwe Ndola
Kafue Kitwe Chililabombwe — freight only
Mazabuka Kapiri Mposhi - junctionLuanshya — freight only
Choma Mpika Chingola — freight only
Livingstone Kasama Mufulira — freight only
Mulobezi Ndola

TAZARA

Newly constructed

Proposed rail


Zambia - Angola

Zambia - Namibia

Proposed in August 2013 [7]

Botswana - Zambia

Rehabilitation

See also

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TAZARA Railway Railway in Tanzania and Zambia

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Serenje

Serenje is a town of Serenje District, Zambia, lying just off the Great North Road and TAZARA Railway. Serenje has a railway station on the TAZARA railway. Serenje is approximately 191 km from Kapiri Mposhi on the Great North Road. Mkushi is the district west of Serenje. The Mulembo Falls lie near the town.

Mpika

Mpika is a town in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, lying at the junction of the Great North Road to Kasama and Mbala and the Tanzam Highway to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It also has a railway station on the TAZARA Railway about 5 km away. Mpika is situated between the Muchinga Escarpment to the east and vast miombo plains to the west. The town has an estimated population of 40,000 inhabitants (2008), while the district population is estimated 150,000 inhabitants. Since Mpika District was the biggest district in Zambia before its division in 2017, the population density was less than 4 people per square kilometre.

Petauke Town in Eastern Province, Zambia

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Malawi Railways

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Rail transport in Tanzania

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Rail transport in Zambia is primarily provided by two systems:

Railway stations in Mozambique include:

Railway stations in Angola

Railway stations in Angola include:

Railway stations in Tanzania

Railway stations in Tanzania include:

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Rail transport in Namibia

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History of rail transport in Zambia

The history of rail transport in Zambia began at the start of the twentieth century.

Sena railway

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References

  1. "Archived copy". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "afrol News - Zambia, Malawi finally connected by rail".
  3. Railways Africa. "LINKING CHIPATA TO TAZARA". Railways Africa.
  4. Railway Gazette International Dec 2016 p07
  5. "Jimbe - village".
  6. RailwaysAfrica #4 of 2014 p06
  7. Railways Africa. "ZAMBIA-NAMIBIA LINK". Railways Africa.
  8. RailwaysAfrica May 2009, p8

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