Mozambique Acquiring New Rolling Stock

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According to the proposed Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) 2025, now analysed by specialised commissions of the Assembly of the Republic in Maputo, the forecast growth in traffic is justified “by the increase in passenger flow, linked to the investments made in the acquisition of more than 750 wagons”.

The Mozambican government is acquiring new wagons to strengthen rail transport in the country, forecasting a 26.6% increase in traffic this year, according to data compiled today by Lusa from the State Budget proposal.

According to the proposed Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) 2025, now analysed by specialised commissions of the Assembly of the Republic in Maputo, the forecast growth in traffic is justified “by the increase in passenger flow, linked to the investments made in the acquisition of more than 750 wagons”.

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This growth is also justified in the government document by “the expected increase in freight traffic in 2025, with the full operation of the rehabilitated and expanded railway lines of Ressano Garcia (double track), Matola Gare-Moamba and Machipanda, which will allow connections between the southern and central ports, thus ensuring greater capacity and response to the demand for rail freight transport.

The Mozambican government announced at the end of April that it intends to invest more than €190 million by 2030 in the doubling of railway lines, acquisition of carriages, locomotives and wagons to increase passenger and freight transport capacity.

 The government wants to invest the money in completing the doubling of the remaining 25 kilometres of the Ressano Garcia railway line in Maputo, which connects Mozambique and South Africa, and also in the acquisition of more than 30 carriages to increase passenger transport capacity.