Southern African rail network

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The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway network
regional integration project
transport infrastructure system
connectsCountry Angola NERFINISHED
Botswana NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
Eswatini NERFINISHED
Lesotho NERFINISHED
Mozambique NERFINISHED
Namibia NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED
coordinatedBy Southern African Development Community NERFINISHED
developmentGoal improved regional connectivity
modal shift from road to rail
facesChallenge border crossing delays
capacity constraints
infrastructure maintenance backlog
gaugeType Cape gauge
hasApproximateGauge 1067 mm
historicalInfluence British colonial railway policy
Portuguese colonial railway policy
includesCorridor Beira Corridor NERFINISHED
Lobito Corridor NERFINISHED
Maputo Corridor NERFINISHED
Nacala Corridor NERFINISHED
North–South Corridor NERFINISHED
Tazara Corridor NERFINISHED
integratesWith SADC transport corridors NERFINISHED
locatedIn Southern Africa NERFINISHED
majorHub Durban NERFINISHED
Harare NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
Lusaka NERFINISHED
Maputo NERFINISHED
Windhoek NERFINISHED
majorPortConnection Port of Beira NERFINISHED
Port of Durban NERFINISHED
Port of Lobito NERFINISHED
Port of Maputo NERFINISHED
Port of Nacala NERFINISHED
primaryUse agricultural freight
bulk mineral exports
supports economic integration
freight transport
passenger transport
regional trade

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Zambia Railways network partOf Southern African rail network
Botswana rail network partOf Southern African rail network
this entity surface form: North–South rail corridor in Southern Africa