What is Swazi Rail?

Information about Swazi Rail

Swazi Rail (SR), also Swaziland Rail, is the official railway corporation of Swaziland. Like the neighboring countries, its 301 km rail system (2005) has a gauge of 1.067 m. SR provides only service for transportation of goods, not passengers. However, Spoornet uses part of its system for passenger transit.

SR's rail system is used to connect the land-locked country to the sea. The older east-west link, called the Goba line, leads from Sid near the Capital Mbabane to Golela at the border to Mozambique. This allows further transit of bulk goods by rail from Swaziland to Matola and the port of Maputo in Mozambique. Until recently, most of Swaziland's imports were shipped through this port. Conflict in Mozambique in the 1980s diverted many Swazi exports to ports in South Africa. A north-south rail link, completed in 1986, provides a connection between Komatipoort of Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) through the eastern part of Swaziland to the South African ports of Richards Bay and Durban.

References

  • [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wz.html CIA Factbook]

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Motto
"Siyinqaba"   (Swati)
"We are the fortress"
Anthem
Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati
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Gauge may refer to:

Measurements

"Gauger" vs. "Gage": Generally speaking, a "gauge" is measuring device that has a needle or other indicator, a "gage" does not, e.g. pin gages, feeler gages, check fixtures, etc.
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Mr Peter Fearnhead, Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Nick Thomson, Chief Financial Officer, Mr Percival Mosweu, General Manager - Technical Department
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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Maputo, Mozambique

Location in Mozambique
Government
 - Municipal Council President Eneas Comiche
Population (2004)
 - City 1,114,000
 - Metro 1,691,000

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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Mozambican Civil War began in 1975 following the war of independence. The ruling party, Front for Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), was violently opposed from 1977 by the Rhodesian, and later South African, funded Mozambique Resistance Movement (RENAMO).
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Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI
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Komatipoort is a town situated at the confluence of the Crocodile and Komati Rivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is one of South Africa's hottest towns, with winter's average 26°C (79°F) moving to a summer average of 33°C (91°F).
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Mpumalanga

Capital Nelspruit
Largest city Nelspruit
Premier(List) Thabang Makwetla (ANC)
Area
Ranked 8th
- Total 79 490 km²
Population Ranked 5th
- Total (2001) 3 122 994
- Density 39/km²

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Richards Bay is one of South Africa's largest harbours (). It is situated on a 30 square kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, (forceful), on the northern coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Durban
eThekwini

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Map of South Africa showing Durban's location.
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Railways


total: 301 km (2002), 297 km; note - includes 71 km which are not in use (1997 est.)
narrow gauge: 301 km (2002), 297 km 1.067-m gauge (1997 est.)
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Botswana Railways (BR) is the national railway of Botswana. BR was created in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).
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Rail transport in Cameroon is primarily operated by Camrail, a subsidiary of Comazar.


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Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is provided by:
  1. the Congo Railroad Company (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo) and
  2. the Office National des Transports (Congo) (Office National des Transports, ONATRA)

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Egyptian National Railways (ENR) is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA).

History

Already in 1833 Pasha Mohammad Ali consulted with Thomas Gallway about building a railway between Suez and Cairo
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See also: Kenya Railways Corporation.

The former Uganda Railway, was run by the company East African Railways jointly for the countries of Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya after WWI.
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Rail transport in Madagascar is primarily operated by Madarail, a subsidiary of Comazar.


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Rail transport in Morocco is operated by ONCF.

External links

  • ONCF Official website


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Mozambique Ports and Railways or Portos E Caminhos De Ferro De Mocambique (CFM) is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. The rail system is composed of a total of 2,983 km rail of the 1.
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Railways in Namibia describes the provision of rail service as a mode of transportation in Namibia. Rail service in Namibia is provided by TransNamib. Namibia's rail network consists of 2,382 route-km of tracks, however this number continues to increase as the rail infrastructure
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Railways in Nigeria are operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.

As of 2003, Nigeria’s poorly maintained rail system had 3,557 kilometers of track, 3,505 kilometers of which were narrow gauge and the remainder, standard gauge.
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Network

Total: 20,384 km (2000) (from Transportation in South Africa)
  • Transnet - transport company
  • Spoornet - the major rail company

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