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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The Bulawayo, Gwanda and Beit Bridge railway |
Author: | Taylor, R.D. |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605) |
Issue: | 25 |
Pages: | 83-92 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | ills. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | rail transport 1900-1999 History, Archaeology Railroads history |
Abstract: | This paper first examines the railway from Gwanda in southern Matabeleland to Bulawayo (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe), which opened in 1903 to serve the miners in the Gwanda. This branch was extended to West Nicholson in 1905, where mines were also developing. Passenger services were run on the same train as goods wagons. In 1913 the railways opened a siding to serve the cement works along the Bulawayo-Gwelo railway line. Next, attention is paid to cattle transport by rail; the first railway road motor service (RMS), which was inaugurated in 1927; railway infrastructure; trains for excursions; and the new line linking Bulawayo with Beit Bridge, which was completed in 1999. Ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |