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'''Railway Systems of Zambia''' Limited (RSZ) is a private company incorporated and registered in [[Zambia]] which operates [[Zambia Railways]]. It is a subsidiary of [[NLPI|NLPI Ltd]], an investment holding company, whose main investment focus is infrastructure-related projects on the continent of [[Africa]].

The shareholders of NLPI are [[Nedbank|Nedbank Ltd]], [[Old Mutual]] and [[Sanlam]], all major [[South Africa]]n [[financial institution]]s, together with [[New Limpopo Bridge Ltd|New Limpopo Bridge Projects Limited (NLP)]].

==Zambia railways concession==
The NLPI Consortium participated in a tender, administered by the [[World Bank]], in respect of the [[Zambia Railways]] Concession, in order to ensure a "Through Traffic" pre-arrangement along the Corridor from [[Durban]] to [[Lusaka]] and beyond.  The Consortium was declared the winner with the signing of the Freight Concession Agreement on 14 February 2003, by the Minister of Finance and National Planning of the Republic of Zambia, as well as representatives of the NLPI Consortium.

The Consortium made a provision of US$40 million for the rehabilitation of Zambia Railways.  The World Bank funded an additional investment of approximately US$30 million to finance Zambia Railways staff retrenchment packages, locomotive rehabilitation and other related projects.

Zambia Railways, which comprises over 900 kilometres of mainline railways and + 300 kilometres of branch line railway, is one of the largest rail networks within the region

The Zambia Concession, which covers the entire network from the [[Sakania]] Border to [[Victoria Falls]], including the [[Copperbelt|Copper Belt]] and other branch lines, not only constitutes one of the largest ever acquisitions in Zambia’s history, but is also unique, as it is Zambia’s first railway concession. 

The Concession should not be viewed in isolation but as part of a global effort by NLPI to alleviate railway, and other related transport, problems within the region.

The Government of the Republic of Zambia terminated the concession contract on 11 September 2012,  but RSZ dispute the grounds for termination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zambian government revokes RSZ concession|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/zambian-government-revokes-rsz-concession.html|publisher=International Railway Journal|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Rail transport in Zambia]]
* [[Transport in Zambia#Railways in Zambia|Transport in Zambia]]

== References ==
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== External links==
* [http://80.70.129.154/GroupOverview_RSZ.html Company website]{{dead link|date=July 2013}}

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