MOZMBIQUE RAILWAY SYSTEM

- ON PATH OF DEVELOPMENT

ARVIND KHARE ADVISOR, RITES INDIA LTD

Corporate office of RITES India ltd

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MOZMBIQUE: A 80, 000 SQ KM COUNTRY OF ABOUT 22 MILLION POPULATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

North Corridor Line connecting Malawi.

Sena Line connecting Tete province having huge coal reserves

Central Corridor line connecting Zimbabwe to Beira port

Limpopo line connecting Maputo port to Zimbabwe Ressano Garcia line connecting South Africa to Maputo port

Goba Line connecting Maputo port to Swaziland

MOZAMBIQUE RAILWAY SYSTEM

Tete province has one of the largest untapped reserves of coal

This is giving a big boost to the development of Railway systems in

Mozambique

575 km Sena line rehabilitated at a cost of

about $200 million

Transporting about 6 mtpa

Annual revenue about $100 million

Being further upgraded for 20 mtpaBEIRA

MOATIZE

MACHIPANDA

SENA LINE REHABILITATION

Mozambique has an ambitious plan of 100 mtpa

coal transportation

Several projects have been contemplated for this

912 KM Railway Line

230 km new alignment682 km being rehabilitated

675 km railway line in Mozambique

237 km in Malawi

Planned for 18 MTPA coal transportation to start with Will also be used for passenger trains and other cargo Coal movement expected to start by end of this year Upgradation for 30 MTPA coal transportation possible

MOATIZE NACALA LINE

Investment $3.4 billion

MACUSE

MOATIZE MACUSE LINE: NEW ALIGNMENT

525 kms new line has been planned to a new port in Macuse, north of

Quilemane

Planned for 25 MTPA coal transportation

Concession to a Italian – Thai group

Expected to cost about $2 billion

Construction will be taken up after financial closure

Drop in coal prices is discouraging investors

MOZAMBIQUE CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION FOR ITS OWN AND FOR

NEARBY NEIGHTBOURS viz. ZIMBABWE, ZAMBIA, MALAWI, BOTSWANA

HAVING 2500 KM COASTAL LINE, IT CAN BE THE GATEWAY FOR ITS NEIGHBOURS FOR EXPORT OF

VARIOUS MINERALS AND IMPORT OF ESSENTIALS AND INDUSTRIAL GOODS

RAIL CONNECTIVITY CAN BE A GROWTH DRIVER AND CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC AND

REGIONAL DEMAND

RAILWAY SYSTEM TRANS ASIA : TURKEY PAKISTAN RAILWAY

Trains connecting Islamabad and Istanbul covering 6,500 kms in 16 daysBreak-of-gauge at Iran Pakistan border (Standard gauge vs Broad gauge)

Germany China Railway Takes about 16 days by Southern route and 20 days by

Northern route

NACALA LINE EXTENSION TO ZAMBIA

HARARE LUSAKA CONNECTION

REGINAL DEVEOLOPMENT PROJECTS FOR HIGHER GROWTH

REHABILITATION OF MACHIPANDA LINE

HEAVY HAUL RAILWAY LINE FOR 30 – 100 MTPA OPERATION FROM

BOTSWANA TO MOZAMBIQUE

DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY SYSTEM IN MOZAMBIQUE HAS TAKEN OFF

ENTREPRENEURS, RAILWAY ENGINEERS AND FINANCIERS HAVE TO TAKE IT

FORWARD TO GET HIGHEST POSSIBLE GROWTH FOR THE REGION