Rail transport in Zambia

• TAZARA Railway
• Zambia Railways Limited

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ndola to Sakania then Lubumbashi -, freight only.. The current operating status of Chililabombwe-DR Congo link not known.
• Tanzania - from Kapiri Mposhi, border crossing at Nakonde, Zambia, to Dar es Salaam, TAZARA railway, passenger and freight -
• Malawi - Chipata-Mchinji 2010 opening
• Mozambique - no direct link, but indirectly to Nacala, Beira and Maputo.
• Zimbabwe - from Livingstone via the Victoria Falls Bridge to Bulawayo, freight only.
• Botswana - no direct link, indirectly via Zimbabwe. A direct link is under construction and expected to be open in 2019.
• Namibia - no direct link.
• Angola - no direct link - but indirectly via DR Congo to Benguela on the Benguela Railway - same gauge, but the Benguela Railway has not operated since the 1970s. Reconstruction of the Benguela railway is announced to be completed by the end of 2012; it is already operational from the coast up to Huambo. The Angolan transport ministry plans to build a line branching off the Benguela Railway at Luacano and entering Zambia from Macango