page_title: Mozambique Ports and Railways
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Mozambique Ports and Railways / References
context_page_description: Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports.
  The rail system is composed of a total of 2,983 km rail of the 1,067 mm gauge that is compatible with neighboring rail systems. In addition there is a 140 km line of 762 mm gauge, the Gaza Railway.
  The system developed over more than a century from three different ports at the Indian Ocean that serve as terminals for separate lines to the hinterland. The railroads were major targets during the Mozambican Civil War, were sabotaged by RENAMO, and are being rehabilitated. Management has been largely outsourced. At this time there is no directly interconnecting rail service between the three lines. Each line has its own development corridor.
  In August 2010, Mozambique and Botswana signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 1,100 km railway through Zimbabwe, to carry coal from Serule in Botswana to a deepwater port at Techobanine Point in Mozambique.
caption: The port of Lourenço Marques in 1896
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