Nacala Logistics is the only railway company in Malawi operating in the Nacala Corridor, that connects Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. The company focuses on transportation of passengers, general cargo, coal, liquids and gas. The railway network in Malawi consists of 933km of mainline single cape gauge. The network’s axle load capacity ranges from 15 to 20.5 tonnes.
Passenger Service: There operate a regular scheduled passenger train service with Standard and Business class coaches, fully furnished with air conditioners and water borne toilets for the passengers’ comfort. There is no cross border passenger train service.
General Freight: Their cargo trains carry over 2880 freight tones per train trip. There move containerised, bagged, bulk and wet cargo to and from Malawi via the port of Nacala.
History
The first railway in the British Central Africa Protectorate (now Malawi) was introduced in 1904, with the Thistle A Class Locomotive among the first to be commissioned, marking the dawn of rail transport in the country.
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