Posted on 08 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
STEAM
Stabled, steam sheds: 19
Museum : 7
Mothballed: 14
Awaiting museum: 1
Scrapped: 7
Proposed for scrapping: 2
In service: 9
ELECTRIC
Stabled at Dabuka: 25
DIESEL
In Service:
Eastern area (Lochinvar): 31
Midlands area (Dabuka): 21
Southern area (Mpopoma): 27
In shops under repair (Bulawayo): 7
(Mutare): 6
Shop shunting (Mutare): 1
(Bulawayo): 1
In shops awaiting repairs (Bulawayo): 34
(Mutare): 24
Mothballed: 3
Scrapped: 9
EFFECTIVE FLEET: 114
Diesel: 89
Steam: 8
Electric: 17
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Posted on 12 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Global Positioning System (GPS) recently inaugurated by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) comprises Star Track Term 1.2 units installed on locomotives, together with six computer terminals located at the Harare, Dabuka, Bulawayo, Sawmills and Thompson Junction control centres. At these points, continuous visual display updates are provided on locomotive positions and speed. Accident [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Passenger train service between Gweru and Masvingo (197km), suspended the past six months for $US35,000’s worth of coach refurbishment (six vehicles) and track rehabilitation, resumed on 11 December. The timetable makes it possible for people to travel from Gweru in the morning, do business in Masvingo, and return the same day. Travellers from Harare or [...] [...more]
Posted on 06 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
A reader’s letter in the Zimbabwe Standard ran:
“Is it by coincidence that ever since Air Commodore Mike Karakadzai became the general manager of the National Railways of Zimbabwe, (NRZ) employees go for weeks without pay whenever Zanu PF holds a major
event? Is the NRZ bank rolling these events at the expense of its workers and [...] [...more]
Posted on 29 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
A travel and tourism competitive report of 2009 compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF) paints a poor picture of Zimbabwe’s ground transport system. According to the report, Switzerland and Germany (2006 World Cup hosts) are first and second respectively while Zimbabwe “ranks a lowly 131 out of 133 countries”, only ahead of Panama and [...] [...more]
Posted on 21 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), in partnership with a local hospitality concern, plans to introduce a safari train between Harare and Johannesburg during the month-long 2010 Soccer World Cup events.
Plans are at an advanced stage with trial runs between Harare and Johannesburg expected in December. To be known as Rail Leisure Premier Classe, [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the Xinhua news agency, Chinese companies have expressed interest in two important Zimbabwe transport projects. The first is concerned with dualising the A1 highway from Harare to the Zambezi, where it connects with the T2 road beyond to Lusaka in Zambia. The second involves rehabilitating the railway along the same route from Harare [...] [...more]
Posted on 26 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
“When the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) launched the electric train more than two decades ago, the long dreary journey between Harare and Dabuka, south of Gweru, became an enjoyable one,” writes Leonard Makombe in the Zimbabwe Independent. “Although long overdue considering that the first electric train was launched more than a century earlier [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has introduced parking fees at Bulawayo, Harare and Mutare stations in a move to reduce congestion at stations, an official explained to the Bulawayo Chronicle. “In a statement NRZ spokesman Fanuel Masikati said the $US1 fee paid upon entering the railway stations by vehicles and pushcarts was meant to [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 September 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has introduced parking fees at Bulawayo, Harare and Mutare stations in a move to reduce congestion at stations, an official explained to the Bulawayo Chronicle. “In a statement NRZ spokesman Fanuel Masikati said the $US1 fee paid upon entering the railway stations by vehicles and pushcarts was meant to [...] [...more]
