A capacity upgrade of the Sena Railroad in Mozambique is in its final stages said Elias Xai-Xai, director of the Sena Line Reconstruction Brigade.

The updrade will increase the cargo handling capacity from 6.5 million tonnes to 20 million tonnes of cargo per year.

The contract, costing approximately €163 million, has been carried out since June 2013 and should be completed in the first quarter of 2015 and cover the full extent of the line, or 575 km between the coal town of Moatize, in Tete province and the port of Beira, in Sofala province.

Xai-Xai told daily newspaper Notícias that at the Sena stations of Magagade, Caia, Inhamitanga and Mazamba in Sofala, work had been completed to expanding lines from 750 to 1 500 m long, including laying track at the remaining 20 of a total 31 station along the railway line.

Ongoing work includes laying ballast, rebuilding over 300 bridges, culverts and aqueducts, especially in the Lower Zambezi area, notably restoration of the Dona Ana bridge that connects the banks of the Zambezi between Sena in Caia, and Mutarara, over approximately 5 km.

 

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