Sitima yapamtunda ya Rovos: Ikuyenda kuchokera ku Cape kupita ku Tanzania

Sitima yapamtunda ya Rovos Rail ikuyenda kuchokera ku Cape Town kupita ku Dar es Salaam ku Tanzania paulendo wake wapachaka wa mpesa kuchokera kumapeto kwa kontinenti ya Africa kupita kumtima kwake, ikudutsa malo otchuka okopa alendo kumwera kwa Africa.

Sitima yapamtunda yochoka ku Victoria Falls Lolemba sabata ino, ikupita kumpoto ku Dar es Salaam paulendo wake wamasiku 15 kuchokera ku South Africa kupita ku East Africa.

Malipoti ochokera kwa okonza maulendowa ati sitimayi ikuyenera kufika ku Dar es Salaam Loweruka m'maŵa sabata ino, July 15. Ulendowu wa milungu iwiri umadutsa ku South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, ndi Tanzania ndipo ndi umodzi mwa maulendo opambana kwambiri. masitima apamtunda otchuka padziko lonse lapansi.

Ulendowu ukuyamba ku Cape Town kutengera alendo kumudzi wa mbiri yakale wa Matjiesfontein, tauni ya diamondi ya Kimberley, ndi likulu la mzinda wa Pretoria ndi Madikwe Game Reserve ku South Africa.

Sitimayi imapitirira kudutsa Botswana kupita ku Zimbabwe kwa usiku wonse ku Victoria Falls Hotel, kenako kuwoloka mtsinje waukulu wa Zambezi kupita ku Zambia ndi kulumikiza Tanzania Zambia Railway kupita ku Chisimba Falls kumene alendo amasangalala ndikuyenda m'tchire.

Ikulowa kumalire a Tanzania ndikutsikira ku Great Rift Valley kukambilana ma tunnel, ma switchbacks, ndi ma viaducts otsetsereka ochititsa chidwi ku Southern Highlands ya Tanzania.

Mbeya, pafupi ndi malire a Zambia, ndi mzinda woyamba kulandira sitima ya Rovos Rail itangolowa ku Tanzania.

Kuchokera ku Mbeya, sitimayi imadutsa malo okongola a Southern Highlands kuphatikizapo mapiri a Livingstone, Kipengere Ranges, ndi Great Rift Valley. Kenako imatsikira m’chigwa cha Rift Valley, kupatsa apaulendo ake mpata wowona ndi kusangalala ndi malo ochititsa kaso pamene sitimayo ikukambitsirana mayendedwe 23 isanadutse pakati pa Selous Game Reserve, malo osungira nyama zakuthengo zazikulu koposa mu Afirika.

Ulendo wamakilomita 6,100, ulendo wa milungu iwiri wochokera ku Cape kupita ku Dar es Salaam umachitika chaka chilichonse pa sitima yapamtunda ya Edwardian Train yomwe imadutsa kum'mwera mpaka kum'mawa kwa Africa kukayendera alendo.

Imadziwika kuti "Miracle railway," njanji ya Tanzania-Zambia ndi imodzi mwa njanji zazitali kwambiri komanso zamakono ku Africa zokhala ndiukadaulo waku China. Sitima yapamtunda ya 1,067-mm imayenda mtunda wa makilomita 1,860 (1,160 miles) kuchokera ku likulu la Tanzania ku Dar es Salaam pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Indian Ocean kupita ku mzinda wa Kapiri-Mposhi ku Zambia.

Imadutsa ndikudutsa m'malo ochititsa chidwi kuphatikiza ma ngalande 23 omwe amadutsa ku Eastern Arc kumapiri akumwera kwa Tanzania ndi m'mphepete mwa Great Rift Valley. Ngalande yayitali kwambiri imakhala mamita 800 kudutsa m'mapiri osongoka.

Misewu yakuda imeneyi imapangitsa njanjiyi kukhala imodzi mwa zinthu zosangalatsa kwambiri mlendo aliyense amene angasangalale nayo akamadutsa pamtunda wa makilomita 920 kuchokera ku Dar es Salaam kukafika kumalire a Nakonde ku Zambia.

Kuchokera ku Dar es Salaam kupita ku Kapiri Mposhi, njanjiyi imawoloka kapena kudutsa milatho yopitilira 300 yoyima m'masiteshoni 147.

Zinatengera akatswiri ndi mainjiniya 50,000 aku China ndi antchito ena 60,000 aku Tanzania ndi Zambia kuti akhazikitse matani 330,000 a njanji yazitsulo zolemera kuti njanjiyi ipite. Ogwira ntchitowa anasuntha makyubiki mita 89 miliyoni a nthaka ndi miyala kuti amalize kumanga njanjiyo, kuphatikizapo kuyika makhola a konkire 2,225.

Ofufuza khumi ndi awiri a ku China anayenda wapansi m'malo otsetsereka ndi malo amtchire kwa miyezi 9 kuchokera ku Dar es Salaam kupita ku Mbeya ku Southern Highlands, pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 900, kuti asankhe ndi kugwirizanitsa njira ya njanji. Pakumanga kwake, akatswiri ndi mainjiniya 65 aku China adamwalira.

Munali m’chaka cha 1970 pamene njanji yoyamba ya njanji inaikidwa ku Dar es Salaam kuti ayambe ntchito yotopetsa ya zaka 5 yoika njanjiyo. Mu October 1975, chitsulo chotsiriza chinaikidwa ku Kapiri-Mposhi ku Zambia, kuti amalize ntchito yovutayi koma yabwino kwambiri yomanga njanji ya makilomita 1,860.5, zaka 2 patsogolo pake.

Rovos Rail, kapena "Pride of Africa," ndi sitima yapamtunda yomwe imatsatira njira za Cecil Rhode kuchokera ku Cape, kudutsa Kum'mwera kwa Africa kupita ku Dar es Salaam ndikugwirizanitsa anthu omwe amakwera nawo kumadera ena a Africa kudzera mu njanji zina ku Eastern Africa.

Ndizosangalatsa, ndipo mwina mphindi yokha yaulendo wanthawi zonse pa sitima yotere yokankhidwa ndi injini za nthunzi komanso ndi makochi akale amatabwa kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1890, koma idasinthidwa kukhala hotelo ya nyenyezi zisanu ndi zonse zofunika zoyamba- kalasi malo oyendera alendo.

Sitima yapamtunda yakale ya Edwardian Rovos Rail imakhala ndi makochi 21 amatabwa omwe amatha kunyamula anthu 72. Mabogi amatabwawa ndi azaka zapakati pa 70 ndi 100, ndipo aperekedwa m'magalimoto oyenera anthu okwera.

Wokhala ndi kampani ya Rovos Rail Company, sitima yapamtunda inayenda ulendo wake woyamba kupita ku Dar es Salaam mu July 1993 kukamaliza loto la Cecil Rhode lokhazikitsa njanji kuchokera ku Cape Town ku South Africa kupita ku Cairo ku Egypt, kudutsa dziko lonse la Africa kuchokera kumwera kwenikweni kwa Africa. nsonga mpaka kumpoto kwenikweni kwa kontinenti iyi.