Railway stations in Mozambique
Railway stations in Mozambique include:
Towns served by railways[edit]
(The lines do not all connect, or connect indirectly)
Northern system[edit]
(northernmost) (CDN) (from west to east)
- Nayuchi -
Malawi - border town. - Malema - way station
- Nampula - workshops
- Metocheria
- Gelo
- Monapo - junction
- Nacala - deep water port
- (location unknown)
- Namialo concrete sleeper plant.[1]
(isolated line)
Zambezi system[edit]
(gauge unknown) - line sabotaged during civil war, and later pulled up for scrap.[2]
(possible standard gauge)
Central system[edit]
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[edit]
- Tete - branch extension and proposed coal mine[6]
- Cheringoma - timber[7]
- 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[edit]
- 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, on the border with
Eswatini - Ressano Garcia - on the border with
South Africa - Komatipoort - 90 km
- Matola - coal export port
- Salamanga - branch terminus
Southeast[edit]
- Xai-Xai - river port - 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge
- Manjacaze - junction
- Maroa - terminus
- Chicome - branch terminus
Eastern[edit]
( 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge - defunct )
Approved[edit]
Proposed[edit]
- Tete - coal mining
- 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 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
Possible[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p20
- ^ "Mozambique: 'Renamo Sabotaged Quelimane Railway' - Zucula". Mozambique News Agency. 8 December 2011 – via allafrica.com.
- ^ "Ncondezi Coal 2012 -". www.ncondezicoal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22.
- ^ "Railpage".
- ^ "Ian Allan Publishing - About Us". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "The Opportunity To Revitalise The Rail Sector". Railwaysafrica.com. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "New Mozambique port gets approval | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ Railway Gazette International June 2009, p14
- ^ "Portuguese Group To Build Line In Malawi". Railwaysafrica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "RailwaysAfrica". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
Maps[edit]
- UN Map
- UNHCR Altas Map (2005)
- Map Port Nacala railhead[permanent dead link] - shows line through Malawi to Chipata, Zambia.
- Southern Africa Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Sena Railway
