Railway stations in Mozambique explained

Railway stations in Mozambique include:

Towns served by railways

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

Northern system

See main article: Nacala railway. (northernmost) (CDN) (from west to east)

• Nayuchi - Malawi - border town.
• Malema - way station
  • Ribaue
• Nampula - workshops
• Metocheria
• Gelo
• Monapo - junction
  • Nachicuva River
• Nacala - deep water port

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• Monapo - junction
  • Lumbo - port

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• Cuamba - junction to Lichinga
  • Lichinga - railhead

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• (location unknown)
  • Namialo concrete sleeper plant.^[1]

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• Matiban

Zambezi system

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

• Quelimane - river port
• Nicoadala
• Namacurra
• Naciaia
• Mocuba - terminus (also called Vila de Mocuba)

----(possible standard gauge)

• Tete - coal mines.
• Macuse - proposed coal export port. Near Quelimane.^{[3] [4]}

Central system

See main article: Beira–Bulawayo railway and Sena railway. The railway to Zimbabwe was originally in 1890, but was converted to 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
  • Charre
  • Manica - border
  • Mankhakwe, Malawi
• Kambulatsisi - junction
• Moatize - coal mines - railhead.

Proposed

• Tete - branch extension and proposed coal mine^[6]
• Cheringoma - timber^[7]

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• Mutarara - north side of bridge - junction for Malawi
• Vila Nova da Fronteira - border with Malawi
• Nsanje

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• Inhamitanga - junction
  • Marromeu - branch terminus - sugar (82 km) - restored Sep 2008^[8]
  • Valente

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• Caia - junction
  • Valente - branch terminus

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• Machipanda - (317 km)

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• Dondo - junction - cement works
• Chimoio
• Manica
• Mutare (Umtali before 1982), Zimbabwe - workshops
• Rusape

Southern system

See main article: Pretoria–Maputo railway, Goba railway and Limpopo railway.

• 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

• Xai-Xai - river port - gauge
• Manjacaze - junction
• Maroa - terminus
• Chicome - branch terminus

Eastern

(gauge - defunct)

• Inhambane - port
• Inharrime - terminus

Approved

• Matutuine - new coal port approved October 2009^[9]

Proposed

• Tete - coal mining

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• Blantyre
• Moatize^{[10] [11]}

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• • 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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• Ludewa - coal
• Njombe - coal
• Mtwara - port in south

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Possible

• Serule, Botswana
• Techobanine deepwater port.

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See also

• Transport in Mozambique
• Railway stations in Malawi

Maps

• UN Map
• UNHCR Altas Map (2005)
• Map Port Nacala railhead - shows line through Malawi to Chipata, Zambia.
• Southern Africa
• Sena Railway

Notes and References

1. [RailwaysAfrica]
2. News: Mozambique: 'Renamo Sabotaged Quelimane Railway' - Zucula . 8 December 2011 . . allafrica.com.
3. Web site: Ncondezi Coal 2012 - . www.ncondezicoal.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120622052507/http://www.ncondezicoal.com/export-thermal-coal.aspx . 2012-06-22.
4. Web site: Railpage.
5. Web site: Ian Allan Publishing - About Us. 2009-01-26. 2013-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729173841/https://www.ianallanpublishing.com/product.php?productid=8438&cat=1142&page=23. dead.
6. http://allafrica.com/stories/200807010992.html allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Australian Company Plans New Coal Mine in Tete By 2010 (Page 1 of 1)
7. http://allafrica.com/stories/200806060924.html allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Dondo/Marromeu Railway Rebuilt (Page 1 of 1)
8. Web site: The Opportunity To Revitalise The Rail Sector . Railwaysafrica.com . 2022-06-17 . 2022-06-25.
9. Web site: New Mozambique port gets approval | Railways Africa . 2009-10-06 . 2013-01-04 . https://archive.today/20130104104350/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/05/new-mozambique-port-gets-approval/ . dead .
10. [Railway Gazette International]
11. Web site: Portuguese Group To Build Line In Malawi . Railwaysafrica.com . 2022-06-25.
12. Web site: RailwaysAfrica . 2013-11-04 . 2015-03-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150329113029/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/category/africa-update/sadc/tanzania-sadc/#sthash.qLlav2Dk.dpuf . dead .