Mozambique: Metrobus Planning New Rail Line

Maputo — The private transport company Metrobus, which operates an integrated transport system in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area, combining rail cars and a fleet of buses, on Tuesday presented to the Maputo provincial government a project for a new railway from the eastern to the western outskirts of Maputo.

The new line would be 27 kilometres long, running from Marracuene to Matola-Gare. The cost of building the railway is put at 80 million US dollars. Construction should have begun this year, but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced a postponement into 2021.

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