Russian wagons for Railways of Zimbabwe

National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has agreed with United Wagon Co. (UWC) to deliver 100 open wagons. They are about to be delivered within the next 12 months after NRZ has finalised an export loan with the assistance of UWC.

The 1 067 mm gauge wagons will be used for cross-border shipments of coal, chrome ore and bagged grains, underlining Zimbabwes position as a transit country in the Southern Africa reagion.