Editing Transport in Mozambique (section)

== Railways ==
[[File:Railways in Mozambique.svg|thumb|Railway network of Mozambique]]
[[File:Steam locomotive Inhambane.jpg|thumb|left|Steam locomotive at Inhambane, 2009]]
{{main|Mozambique Ports and Railways}}

The Mozambican railway system developed over more than a century from three different ports on the [[Indian Ocean]] that serve as terminals for separate lines to the hinterland.  The railroads were major targets during the [[Mozambican Civil War]], were sabotaged by [[RENAMO]], and are being rehabilitated. A [[parastatal]] authority, ''Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique'' (abbreviated CFM; in English [[Mozambique Ports and Railways]]), oversees the railway system of [[Mozambique]] and its connected ports, but management has been largely outsourced.  Each line has its own development corridor.

{{As of|2005}} there are 3,123&nbsp;km of railway track, consisting of 2,983&nbsp;km of {{RailGauge|1067mm}} gauge, compatible with neighboring rail systems, and a 140&nbsp;km line of {{RailGauge|762mm}} gauge, the [[Gaza Railway]].<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mozambique/ CIA factbook]</ref> The central [[Beira-Bulawayo railway]] and [[Sena railway]] route links the [[port of Beira]] to the landlocked countries of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. To the north of this the [[port of Nacala]] is also linked by [[Nacala railway|Nacala rail]] to Malawi, and to the south the [[port of Maputo]] is connected by the [[Limpopo railway|Limpopo rail]], the [[Goba railway|Goba rail]] and  the [[Ressano Garcia railway|Ressano Garcia rail]] to Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa.. These networks interconnect only via neighbouring countries. A new route for coal haulage between [[Tete, Mozambique|Tete]] and [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]] was planned to come into service by 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200807010992.html|title=Mozambique: Australian Company Plans New Coal Mine in Tete By 2010|publisher=Allafrica.com|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref> and in August 2010, Mozambique and [[Botswana]] signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 1,100&nbsp;km railway through Zimbabwe, to carry coal from [[Serule]] in Botswana to a deepwater port at [[Techobanine]] Point in Mozambique.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/pointers-september-2010.html|access-date=2010-09-10|title=Railway Gazette: Pointers September 2010}}</ref>

Newer rolling stock has been supplied by the Indian [[Golden Rock Railway Workshop|Golden Rock]] and [[Banaras Locomotive Works|BLW, Varanasi]] workshop<ref>''[[Railway Gazette International]]'', August 2008, p.483</ref> using Centre Buffer Couplers ([[AAR coupler]]s)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/23/stories/2008062350501700.htm|title=Golden Rock workshop exports locos to Mozambique|work=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206072435/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/23/stories/2008062350501700.htm|archive-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> and [[Railway air brake|air brakes]].

=== Towns served by railways ===
{{main|Railway stations in Mozambique}}