Question

What are the important railway routes of the African continent?

Answer 1

The important routes of the continent are:

• The Benguela Railway through Angola to Katanga-Zambia Copper Belt
• The Tanzania Railway from the Zambian Copper Belt to Dar-es-Salaam on the coast.
• The Railway through Botswana and Zimbabwe linking the landlocked states to the South African network and
• The Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria in the Republic of South Africa.