Transport in Malawi

Transport in Malawi

Railways

"total:"797 km
"narrow gauge:"797 km 1.067-m gauge (2001)

Railway links with adjacent countries

* Tanzania - no - break of gauge 1067/1000mm
* Zambia - no - same gauge 1067mm
* Mozambique - yes - same gauge 1067mm, the Nacala Corridor line via Nayuchi to the port of Nacala, and Nsanje to the Dona Ana Bridge and Beira (not operational since the war in Mozambique and in need of reconstruction.)

Maps

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/malawi.pdf UN Map]
* [http://www.rrdc.com/images/map_cear_cdn_new.jpgRRDC]

2006

* A Brazilian company plans to build a rail branch line to the Moatize coal mine in western Mozambique from the Nacala Corridor line to export coal via the port of Nacala; the link would cross Malawi.

* The Railroad Development Corporation map shows a proposed extension across the border to Chipata in Zambia. Central East Afican Railways, part of RDC operates the privatised Malawi Railways since a concession was awarded in December 1999. [cite web| url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2004/06/3652/a_luta_continua.html| title=A luta continua| publisher="Railway Gazette International" | author=Bradley J Knapp and Henry Posner III| month=June | year=2004| accessdate=2007-09-03| ]

* Malawi Wants Link To Chinde - Bingu wa Mutharika, President of landlocked Malawi, has asked his Mozambiquan counterpart, Armando Guebuza, to consider the provision of a new 250km rail connection from Nsanje - southern extent of Malawi Railways - to the Indian Ocean port of Chinde, near the mouth of the Zambesi.
* List of transport museums‎

Stations served

Highways

"total:"14,597 km
"paved:"2,773 km
"unpaved:"11,821 km (2001)

Waterways

Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi); Shire River, 144 km

Ports and harbours

Lake Malawi

Malawi is landlocked

* Chipoka - railhead
* Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba

Airports

"total:" 44 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways

"total:"6
"over 3,047 m:"1
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"1
"914 to 1,523 m:"4 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways

"total:"37
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"1
"914 to 1,523 m:"14
"under 914 m:"22 (2002)

See also

* Malawi

References


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