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===Southern section=== | ===Southern section=== | ||
The southern section was completed during British rule before the First World War and has an interconnecting system of national railways using the Cape-gauge of | The southern section was completed during British rule before the First World War and has an interconnecting system of national railways using the Cape-gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Construction started from Cape Town and went parallel to the Great North Road to Kimberley, through a part of Botswana to Bulawayo. From this junction the link proceeds further north, today operated by the National Railways of Zimbabwe, to the Zambezi crossing. The [[Victoria Falls Bridge]] was completed in 1905. The connection is picked up by [[Zambia Railways]] and continues to Kapiri Mposhi which is the transition point to the TAZARA link to Tanzania. | ||
==Future== | ==Future== | ||
