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=== Railway links with adjacent countries === | === Railway links with adjacent countries === | ||
* {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} | * {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} DR Congo - yes, [[Ndola]] to Sakania then Lubumbashi - 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), freight only. The current operating status of Chililabombwe-DR Congo link not known. | ||
* {{flagicon|Tanzania|}} | * {{flagicon|Tanzania|}} Tanzania - yes, from [[Kapiri Mposhi]], border crossing at Nakonde, Zambia, to Dar es Salaam, TAZARA railway, passenger and freight - 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
* {{flagicon|Malawi}} | * {{flagicon|Malawi}} Malawi - [[Chipata]]- Mchinji new link opened to traffic in 2010. | ||
* {{flagicon|Mozambique}} | * {{flagicon|Mozambique}} Mozambique - no direct link, but indirectly to Beira and Maputo via Zimbabwe (no continuous passenger services). | ||
* {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} | * {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Zimbabwe - yes, from Livingstone via the [[Victoria Falls Bridge]] to Bulawayo, freight only. | ||
* {{flagicon|Botswana}} | * {{flagicon|Botswana}} Botswana - no direct link, indirectly via Zimbabwe (no continuous passenger services). | ||
* {{flagicon|Namibia}} | * {{flagicon|Namibia}} Namibia - no direct link. | ||
* {{flagicon|Angola}} | * {{flagicon|Angola}} Angola - no direct link - but indirectly via DR Congo to Benguela on the Benguela Railway - same gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), while the railway was inoperable for many years because of the Angolan Civil War, it has been recently reconstructed. | ||
===Proposed extensions=== | ===Proposed extensions=== | ||
