Limpopo Railway, also called Gweru-Maputo railway,[1] is a railway that connects the city of Maputo, Mozambique, to the city from Somabhula, in Zimbabwe. It is 900 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.[2][3]
On the Mozambican stretch, between Maputo and Chicualacuala, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM);[1] on the Zimbabwean stretch, between the cities of Nyangambe (Sango-Nyala) and Somabhula, the administration is done by the company National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).[4]
Its main maritime logistics facility is the port of Maputo.[1]
^ abc"Linha do Limpopo" (HTML). CFM. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
LimpopoRailway, also called Gweru-Maputo railway, is a railway that connects the city of Maputo, Mozambique, to the city from Somabhula, in Zimbabwe...
distance. The railway is connected to the Mozambican, Zimbabwean and South African systems through the Beira-Bulawayo railway, the Limpoporailway and the Pretoria-Maputo...
Massingir Dam, to empty into the Limpopo. The Save River forms the northern boundary of the province. The Limpoporailway, which connects Zimbabwe and Botswana...
railway passes first through Malawi. Zimbabwe yes - same gauge - 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), from Beira (Beira–Bulawayo railway) and from Maputo (Limpopo railway)...
were initial plans to link the then Lourenço Marques – now Maputo – by railway line with the area around Johannesburg in South Africa. The planned line...
country's state-owned railway, the Botswana Railways. In 1996, the government of Zimbabwe established a privatised concession to New Limpopo Projects Investments...
(via the Goba railway) and Zimbabwe (via the Limpoporailway) Nacala - a deepwater port and a railhead for Malawi (via the Nacala railway). Pemba Quelimane...
Midlands State University TK engineering The village has a railway station on the Limpoporailway that connects it to Rutenga and Somabhula. Zvishavane is...
city of Maputo lies at the end of three railway lines: Goba railway, Limpoporailway and Pretoria–Maputo railway. Maputo was home to one of the first electric...
Moçambique (FRELIMO), ended with the destruction of the section of the Limpoporailway that had carried guerrillas in Mozambique to the Rhodesian border,...
has a railway station on the Limpoporailway that connects it to Sango and Zvishavane. The same station serves as a link between the Limpoporailway and...
(Afrikaans for "Small Dragon Mountains" range), in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden. Dawid Johannes Joubert...
line connects with the Pretoria-Maputo railway and the Limpoporailway. The main railway stations of the Goba railway are: Maputo Matola Boane Goba Mlawula...
the fork of the Nuanetsi and Limpopo. The Selous Scouts would move as a flying column along the Vila Salazar–Maputo railway line and destroy all ZANLA camps...
most important railway stations in Zimbabwe, serving as an interconnection between the Limpoporailway and the Beira–Bulawayo railway. Network System:...
Thabazimbi is an iron mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is at the feet of the Ysterberg and is surrounded by the Witfonteinrand...
formerly and sometimes also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north...
Sambula (21.4 km). The railway systems of Zimbabwe and Mozambique meet at this town and the railway station is part of the Limpoporailway. The station is paired...
Lephalale, formerly known as Ellisras, is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately east of the Waterberg Coalfield. The...
Nylstroom, is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium-sized town that focuses primarily...
copper, found near the Limpopo (where the Messina mine is) being the chief metal worked. The district long suffered from lack of railway communications, but...
Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi)...
(132, 22 December 2009 – 20 January 2010): 11. "No9. Limpopo". Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved...
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