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Sena railway
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Sena railway,[1][2] also called Shire Highlands railway, Dondo-Malawi railway and North-South Malawi railway, is a railway that connects Dondo, Mozambique, to Chipata, in Zambia. It is c. 1000 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.[3]
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Status | Operational |
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Type | Cape gauge |
Operator(s) | CFM, CEAR and ZR |
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Opened | 1904 |
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Line length | c. 1,000 km (620 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
On the Mozambican stretch, between Dondo and Vila Nova de Fronteira, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM);[1] on the Malawian stretch, between the cities of Marka and Mchinji, the administration is done by the company Central East African Railways (CEAR).[4] In the short stretch in the territory of Zambia, between the cities of Mwami and Chipata, the railway is controlled by the company Zambia Railways (ZR).[5]
Its main maritime logistics facilities are at the port of Beira and port of Nacala.[1]