Classic route
Nampula–Cuamba
Nampula → Cuamba · Mozambique
One of Africa’s great budget rail adventures: a full day across the baobab-studded bush of Niassa, carriages packed with traders and sacks of produce.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 14483127 — 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 5 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 Nampula–Cuamba?
The Nampula–Cuamba runs 348 km from Nampula to Cuamba.
How long does the Nampula–Cuamba take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h for the 348 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 Nampula–Cuamba?
Nacala Logistics and CFM, with CDN economy & business coaches.
How old is the Nampula–Cuamba?
The line has been in service since 1950. 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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