Rail transport in Botswana
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| Major operators | Botswana Railways | ||||
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| Passenger km | 888 km (552 mi) (2015) | ||||
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| Total | 888 km (552 mi) | ||||
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| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||||
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| No. stations | 13 | ||||
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Rail services in Botswana are provided by Botswana Railways. Service takes place on the railway spine from the South African border, through Gaborone and Francistown, up to the Zimbabwean border with offshoot routes towards Sowa, Selebi-Phikwe, and Morupule. The railway network consists of 888 km of track; its gauge is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) cape gauge.
Botswana is an associate member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). Botswana has the 93rd longest railway network in the world and it is one of the busiest railways in Africa.