MOZAMBIQUE’s railways and ports company, Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM), has resumed rail transport services on the Machipanda railway line, which links Beira and Zimbabwe, a development that will improve the ease of doing business between the two countries and allow expansion of Zimbabwean traffic to the region and the world via Beira.
President Mnangagwa a fortnight ago attended the commissioning of the newly rehabilitated US$200 million Beira-Machipanda railway line in Manica, Mozambique, a facility that is set to reduce transport costs of cargo between the two countries and the region.
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In a statement, CFM said rail services will run west-bound on Mondays and Saturdays from Beira to Machipanda, and on Tuesdays and Sundays east bound from Machipanda to Beira, adding that it was a strategic corridor for Zimbabwe.
“The 317-kilometre Machipanda line, from Beira to the border extension of Machipanda, is of strategic importance for the Beira Corridor, especially for neighbouring Zimbabwe, whose exports and imports are ensured by Mozambican ports and corridors. It is also an important way of encouraging social life,” said CFM.
