Night train route
Victoria Falls Overnight
Bulawayo → Victoria Falls · Zimbabwe
Revived in October 2025: the 1904 line to the Falls leaves Bulawayo at dusk, skirts Hwange’s elephant country and arrives with the spray in sight.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2276102 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 49 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 17 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: National Railways of Zimbabwe — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Victoria Falls Overnight?
The Victoria Falls Overnight runs 472 km from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls.
How long does the Victoria Falls Overnight take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 13 h for the 472 km. That is an average of 36 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.
Who runs the Victoria Falls Overnight?
National Railways of Zimbabwe, with NRZ loco-hauled coaches.
How old is the Victoria Falls Overnight?
The line has been in service since 1904. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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