Botswana rail network

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railway network

The Botswana rail network is the system of railway lines that serves as a key freight and passenger transport backbone within Botswana and links the country to neighboring states in Southern Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor)	1
Botswana rail network canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway network ⓘ
borderCrossing	Francistown–Plumtree line ⓘ Lobatse–Ramatlabama line ⓘ Plumtree ⓘ Ramatlabama ⓘ
connectsEconomicZones	Botswana agricultural regions ⓘ Botswana mining areas ⓘ urban centers in eastern Botswana ⓘ
connectsTo	Namibian rail network ⓘ South African rail network ⓘ Zimbabwean rail network ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Botswana ⓘ
electrification	mostly non-electrified ⓘ
function	backbone of inland transport in Botswana ⓘ
gauge	1067 mm ⓘ Cape gauge ⓘ
historicalOperator	Botswana Railways ⓘ
integration	part of Southern African regional rail system ⓘ
linksToPortViaNeighbor	Beira ⓘ surface form: Port of Beira Port of Durban ⓘ Port of Maputo ⓘ Richards Bay ⓘ surface form: Port of Richards Bay
mainCorridor	north–south corridor through eastern Botswana ⓘ
managedBy	Botswana Railways ⓘ
operator	Botswana Railways ⓘ
ownedBy	government of Botswana ⓘ surface form: Government of Botswana
ownership	state-owned ⓘ
partOf	Southern African rail network ⓘ surface form: North–South rail corridor in Southern Africa
passengerServiceType	intercity passenger trains ⓘ
primaryUse	freight transport ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
roleInEconomy	key freight corridor for bulk commodities ⓘ
secondaryUse	passenger transport ⓘ
servesCity	Francistown ⓘ Gaborone ⓘ Lobatse ⓘ Mahalapye ⓘ Palapye ⓘ Serule ⓘ
standard	uses same gauge as most Southern African railways ⓘ
trackType	single track on most routes ⓘ
transportsCommodity	agricultural products ⓘ coal ⓘ containers ⓘ copper ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plumtree → connectsByRailTo → Botswana rail network ⓘ

Zambia Railways network → linksToRailway → Botswana rail network ⓘ

this entity surface form: Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor)