Classic route
Sena Line
Beira → Moatize · Mozambique
A subsidised lifeline up the Zambezi valley, crossing the 3.7 km Dona Ana bridge, once the longest railway bridge in Africa, from the port of Beira to the Tete coalfields.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9420998 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Sena Line?
The Sena Line runs 575 km from Beira to Moatize.
How long does the Sena Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 20 h for the 575 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Sena Line?
CFM.
How old is the Sena Line?
The line has been in service since 1949. 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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