TAZARA: Temporary suspension of passenger train services in Zambia!

The Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced the temporary suspension of passenger train services in Zambia due to a goods train accident in the Nakonde District. The accident took place on 22 September 2022 at 09:45 and involved a freight train (Train No. A779, Loco No.3009/3019) operated by African Inland Container Depot (AFICD), a Tanzanian based private railway operator with “open access” rights on the TAZARA infrastructure. The train, comprising two locomotives and 26 wagons, was transporting 1,414 metric tons of cargo from the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Ndola, Zambia. 19 of the 26 wagens capsized in a curve between Msanza Station and Kapwila Station. 520 railway concrete sleepers and 52 rails were damagaed. There were no injuries to human life.
Consequently, therefore, the section between Msanza and Kapwila is temporarily closed for repairs and passenger train services between Kasama and Nakonde shall remain suspended until further notice. We'll keep you posted!

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Zimbabwe: National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is planning to resume passenger train operations "soon"!

Zimbabwe's Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Joel Biggie Matiza, announced in a media briefing in Bulawayo on 25 June 2020 that National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is planning to resume passenger train operations in Zimbabwe soon. The Minister didn't name a specific date. Both NRZ's urban and long-distance trains were suspended in March 2020 in line with Zimbabwe's lockdown restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Upon of the return, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will introduce more routes in cities and between districts as well as provinces. According to the Mr. Matiza there is still a lot that needs to be done in terms of ensuring that the trains are safe and that issues such as social distancing are implemented in the trains. [src.] We'll keep you posted!

South Africa: Shosholza Meyl has rationalised its train service operations!

Shosholza Meyl, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) that operates long-distance passenger rail services in South Africa, just announced that due to the current train service status quo, train service operations have been rationalised in order to enhance service delivery. Effective 01 April 2019, Shosholoza Meyl has suspended passenger train service operations between:

• Johannesburg > Cape Town on Tuesdays (departure date),
• Cape Town > Johannesburg on Thursdays (departure date),
• Johannesburg > Musina on Wednesdays (departure date),
• Musina > Johannesburg on Thursdays (departure date),
• Cape Town > Queenstown on Thursdays (departure date),
• Queenstown > Cape Town on Tuesdays (departure date).

According to Shosholoza Meyl's official announcement, affected customers who have already paid to travel between Cape Town <> Queenstown will get fully refunded. Customers how have paid for train rides between Johannesburg <> Cape Town and Johannesburg <> Musina on the affected departure days are urged to change the travelling date. Alternatively, refunds will be issued by Shosholoza Meyl.

TAZARA: Resumption of passenger train services in Zambia!

We got information from the the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) that passenger train services between New Kapiri Mposhi and Nakonde in Zambia resumed on 12 December 2017. The Mukuba Express Train has, therefore, resumed its normal schedule, running from New Kapiri Mposhi to Dar es Salaam on 12 December 2017 and is due to return from Dar es Salaam on 15 December 2017. Similarly, the Kilimanjaro Ordinary Train that had been operating in Tanzania only in the past one week, has resumed its normal operations in Zambia on 12 December 2017. The train will, accordingly, return from New Kapiri Mposhi to Dar es Salaam on 15 December 2017.

The TAZARA Railway, operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), is a railroad in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania with the town of New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province.

TAZARA: Passenger train services in Zambia remain suspended! (08 December 2017) >>

TAZARA: Suspension of train services in Zambia! (05 December 2017) >>

TAZARA: Passenger train services in Zambia remain suspended!

We just got information from the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) that freight trains are running again as planned in Zambia. The company has mobilized management staff to run freight trains, while the unionized employees of TAZARA in Zambia continue to stay away from work. However, passenger train operations in Zambia remain suspended until further notice. In the meantime, funds to pay the striking employees have been secured and TAZARA is optimistic that the situation will be fully resolved 11 December 2017. We'll keep you posted!

The TAZARA Railway, operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), is a railroad in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania with the town of New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province.

TAZARA: Suspension of train services in Zambia! (05 December 2017) >> 

TAZARA: Suspension of train services in Zambia!

We just got information from the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) that all TAZARA Railway services between the Stations in New Kapiri Mposhi and Nakonde in Zambia have been suspended due to industrial action by TAZARA's unionized employees in Zambia who are demanding payment of their unpaid salaries for October and November 2017.
The suspension of services implies that the Mukuba Express Train that was due to run from New Kapiri Mposhi to Dar es Salaam on 05 December 2017 will not do so. Similarly, the Kilimanjaro Ordinary Train that is currently running southbound from Dar es Salaam to New Kapiri Mposhi, will not proceed beyond Mbeya Station in Tanzania.
The suspension of services in Zambia will remain in place until further notice.

The TAZARA Railway, operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), is a railroad in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania with the town of New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province.

Kenya: Passenger train service between Nairobi <> Mombasa temporarily suspended!

The popular passenger train service between Kenya's capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa has been temporarily suspended, as Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is set to refurbish all coaches. The upgrade of the 20 wagons will take about four month, so that services will most likely resume at the end of November 2016.
Rift Valley Railways usually operates two weekly trains (Mombasa Deluxe Service) between Nairobi and Mombasa on Mondays and Fridays (Nairobi > Mombasa) as well as on Tuesdays and Sundays (Mombasa > Nairobi). The cost of travelling first class is currently Sh4,405 (all inclusive), second class Sh3,385 (all inclusive) or Sh2,335 (fare/bed & breakfast) while third class travel is Sh680 (fare). Trains depart Nairobi/Mombasa at 19:00 in the evening and arrive in Mombasa/Nairobi at 10:00 next day morning.

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