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Map of the Eswatini Railways network. As in the rest of Southern Africa, the 301 kilometres (187 mi) rail system of Eswatini is built to the narrow Cape gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). ESR only provides service for transportation of goods, not passengers. ESR's rail system is used to connect the land-locked country to the sea.
Image above: Goba railroad bridge, in 1929; image below: aspect of the Goba train station, in 1929. In 1902, the British administration of Eswatini signed a term of commitment with the Portuguese administration of Mozambique for the construction of a railway line that would depart from the port of Maputo, reaching Mbabane.
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Mpaka is a town in eastern central Eswatini in western Lubombo District.It lies about 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Siteki on the MR3 highway. It has a defunct coal mine, [1] though some corporate entities are looking into re-starting coal production in the area [2] which continues to be controversial.
Sidvokodvo is a town in central Eswatini, situated south of Manzini. It used to host Eswatini Railway's steam shed, but steam traction has long been abandoned in Eswatini. The station area is now completely fenced and used by carriage repair industry. Sidvokodvo is the terminus of the Swazilink rail project, which would connect Eswatini to ...
Siphofaneni has one of the main railway stations in the country, serving as a connection between the Goba railway (Matsapha-Siphofaneni-Mpaka) and the Richards Bay railway (Siphofaneni-Lavumisa). Goods trains of the Eswatini Railways pass through the town. [1]
Eswatini Railways This page was last edited on 12 May 2019, at 21:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
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