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Beira-Bulawayo railway, also called Machipanda railway, Beira-Harare-Bulawayo railway and Beira railway, is a railway that connects the city of Beira, Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique, to the city of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It is 850 km long, in a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, 1067 mm gauge.Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment
Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018.
On the Mozambican stretch, between Beira, Mozambique, Beira and Machipanda, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM); on the Zimbabwean stretch, between the cities of Mutare, Harare and Bulawayo, the administration is done by the company National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). Its main maritime logistics facility is the port of Beira.


History

Originally, the Beira–Bulawayo railway was to establish a rail connection between Harare and Beira, Mozambique, Beira, according to the understanding celebrated in the 1870s between Portuguese East Africa and the Company rule in Rhodesia.Rhodesia Railways: Engines of History
Memories of Rhodesia. 2019.
However, due to financial difficulties with the Portuguese partners, the construction of the first stretch of the Beira–Bulawayo railway started only in 1892; the infrastructure, in narrow gauge of 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways, 610 mm, connected, already on February 4, 1898, Beira to the border city Mutare, in Zimbabwe, covering 357 kilometers. In 1898, a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, 1,067 mm gauge line was opened from Harare to Mutare, with subsequent conversion of the 610 mm narrow gauge section connecting to Beira in 1900. Still in the 1890s, work began on extending the original project, starting from Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe, to build a 1,067 mm railway to the north, up to Harare, which was definitively completed in 1899. After the conversion of Mutare (1067 mm) and Machipanda (610 mm), the line finally connected Bulawayo, Gweru, Harare, Mutare, Manica, Mozambique, Manica, Chimoio, Dondo, Mozambique, Dondo and Beira. **Maryland-Kildonan branch: a sub-branch of the Harare-Chinhoyi branch, which leaves from the village of Maryland and goes to the village of Kildonan, Zimbabwe, Kildonan. **Bindura branch: a sub-branch of the Harare-Chinhoyi branch, which leaves from the city of Harare and goes to the village of Shamva. * Gweru-Masvingo branch: connects the city of Gweru to the city of Masvingo. **Shurugwi branch: a sub-branch of the Gweru-Masvingo branch, which leaves from the city of Gweru and goes to the village of Shurugwi. * Incisa branch: in the city of Incisa. * Redcliff branch: in the town of Redcliff, Zimbabwe, Redcliff.


Railway connections

In Dondo, Mozambique, Dondo, the Beira–Bulawayo line connects with the Sena railway. In Somabhula, the Beira–Bulawayo line connects with the Limpopo railway. In Umzingwane, the Beira–Bulawayo line connects with the Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway, Beitbridge-Bulawayo railway. In Bulawayo, the Beira–Bulawayo line connects with the Cape to Cairo Railway.Two empires, two railway projects
United World. 8 november 2021.


Main railway stations

The main railway stations of the Beira–Bulawayo railway are: * Beira railway station, Beira * Dondo, Mozambique, Dondo * Chimoio * Manica, Mozambique, Manica * Machipanda * Mutare * Rusape * Harare * Kadoma, Zimbabwe, Kadoma * Gweru * Somabhula * Bulawayo


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Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beira-Bulawayo railway 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Mozambique Railway lines in Zimbabwe Railway lines in Mozambique