Rail Investment Fuelled By Ppps And Chinese Loans

TheZimbabwean government has signalled it is willing to enter into more public private partnerships PPPs to get rail moving again.

In order to reduce pressure on the already overloaded road infrastructure, focus will also be on upgrading the rail infrastructure through a combination of private sector funding as well as leveraging on budget and parastatal own resources, states the 2025 Zimbabwe Infrastructure Investment Programme.

From a 1990s peak of 12 million tons of cargo a year, National Railways of Zimbabwe NRZ now hauls less than three million tons.