Bulawayo–Beitbridge line

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The Bulawayo–Beitbridge line is a key railway corridor in Zimbabwe that links the industrial city of Bulawayo with the Beitbridge border crossing to South Africa, serving as a major route for regional freight and passenger transport.

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway corridor ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
borderCrossingAt Beitbridge ⓘ
borderFunction gateway to South Africa ⓘ
connectsBorderCrossing Beitbridge border post ⓘ
connectsCity Bulawayo ⓘ
connectsCountry South Africa ⓘ
connectsIndustrialCenter Bulawayo ⓘ
connectsTo Beitbridge border crossing ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
economicFunction support for agricultural exports ⓘ
support for mining exports ⓘ
gauge 1067 mm ⓘ
Cape gauge ⓘ
importance strategic for regional trade ⓘ
links South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
linksTo South African rail network ⓘ
locatedIn Zimbabwe ⓘ
operator National Railways of Zimbabwe ⓘ
partOf Zimbabwe railway network ⓘ
regionServed Bulawayo Metropolitan Province ⓘ
linked to: Bulawayo Province

Matabeleland South Province ⓘ
linked to: Matabeleland South
role key export corridor ⓘ
major regional transit route ⓘ
terminus Beitbridge ⓘ
Bulawayo ⓘ
transportCorridorType north–south corridor ⓘ
usedBy passenger trains ⓘ
regional freight trains ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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National Railways of Zimbabwe → mainLine → Bulawayo–Beitbridge line ⓘ
National Railways of Zimbabwe → hasRoute → Beitbridge–Bulawayo Railway connection ⓘ
linked to: Bulawayo–Beitbridge line
Mwenezi District → hasTransport → Beitbridge–Bulawayo railway line ⓘ
linked to: Bulawayo–Beitbridge line
Cape Town–Bulawayo railway → linksTo → Beitbridge–Bulawayo railway ⓘ
linked to: Bulawayo–Beitbridge line
Bulawayo–Victoria Falls railway → connectsTo → Bulawayo–Beitbridge railway at Bulawayo ⓘ
linked to: Bulawayo–Beitbridge line