Sena railway

Sena railway
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
Service
TypeCape gauge
Operator(s)CFM, CEAR and ZR
History
Opened1904
Technical
Line lengthc. 1,000 km (620 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Sena railway, also called Shire Highlands railway, Dondo-Malawi railway and North-South Malawi railway, is a railway that connects Dondo, Mozambique, to Chipata, in Zambia. It is c. 1000 km long, in a 1067 mm gauge.

On the Mozambican stretch, between Dondo and Vila Nova de Fronteira, the managing company is Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM); on the Malawian stretch, between the cities of Marka and Mchinji, the administration is done by the company Central East African Railways (CEAR). In the short stretch in the territory of Zambia, between the cities of Mwami and Chipata, the railway is controlled by the company Zambia Railways (ZR).

Its main maritime logistics facilities are at the port of Beira and port of Nacala.