Article: Cape to Cairo dream revives. (continuous rail route between East Africa and South Africa via Johannesburg)(Special Country Report: Zimbabwe)

STEPHEN WILLIAMS reports on an exciting new railway project that will provide a continuous link from South Africa to East Africa.

The old dream of a Cape to Cairo railway has been revived in recent years. An agreement between the Southern Africa Railway Association (SARA: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia) and the East African Railways (EAR: Kenya Tanzania and Uganda) has facilitated the involvement of private investment to develop a continuous rail link between South Africa, via Johannesburg, and East Africa.

The most obvious problem associated with this project is the different rail gauges operated by SARA and EAR. Unusually for ex-British colonies ...

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