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Zimbabwe Considers Trams As A Solution To Urban Traffic Woes

5 months agoTue, 15 Oct 2024 08:57:32 GMT

Zimbabwe Considers Trams As A Solution To Urban Traffic Woes

Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona said the government is exploring a project to introduce tram systems in major Zimbabwean cities as a long-term solution to address traffic congestion.

Trams are electric-powered streetcars running on fixed rail tracks, providing an efficient urban transit option.

During a recent question-and-answer session in the National Assembly, Mhona said tram systems will provide a more effective public transportation infrastructure for commuters. He said (via NewZimbabwe.com):

As Government and Public Works that work with the local authorities, they oversee urban transport systems to provide efficient transport. Right now, we have plans to ensure that we get bigger buses to provide transport to the people.
So, our long-term plan is to provide trams that are like small trains. We have the railway lines, that will provide transport to people in Mabvuku, Norton and Chitungwiza.
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This will be easy for people who may want to leave their vehicles and use those public transport systems. So, that plan is not a very long-term plan. It will be used very soon.

However, Mhona did not provide details on the feasibility and modalities of implementing the tram system in Zimbabwe.

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62 Comments

Anonymous · 4 months ago

Isai kuEpworth neChitungwiza chete ndovakuzadza mutown nemaZibus aye

Simba Mukuwa · 4 months ago

Isai kuEpworth uko nekuChitungwiza chete pane anaNorton nemabvuku , ndovakuzadza mutown nemaZibus ese aye

Officer#12 · 5 months ago

dhizaaa,,, 😂😂😂😂

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Chakagonkwa ku transport sector is to deface our cars nkuisa zvima stickers. Apo ndokpai 300% asika every car comes from factory with front and rear builtin reflectors.

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Kkkkkk kurota hakurambidzwe. Asika kana zuva rabuda to himukawo sevamwe. Saka zvinenge zvi his hands between 2100hours and 0539 hours chete nokuti ndiyo nguva inowanika magetsi munyika muno. Zvekare magetsi eZesa anomboti 179volts Hwange 7 and 8 ikashanda obva ati 275volts. Izvi munozozvigona here muchitadza ku stabilisation magetsi . Ini look ndeee zvangu.

Kuzhangaira · 5 months ago

Good idea minister

Simbimbino · 5 months ago

Umtali used to have a tram that ran from railway avenue to Mutare club in the 1920s. Later on they removed it and paved it into the Main street boulevard that it is today. But imagine how resourceful the whites were. Isusu what's wrong with us? We don't even have enough electricity to save our lives. Kugara kumusha lifestyle. We are a laughing stock kungotaura kuti you are Zimbabwean, haiwa bodo. If they give people those trams tinoparadza futi 🤣🤣🤣

Anonymous · 5 months ago

At least there dreaming better

Anonymous · 5 months ago

This is perfect but maZimba no order manje.

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Dream on for a long time.

Marix · 5 months ago

Gaya uchida kuenda kuZIMSEC wotozosvika amangwana pakutonyorwa zama ramangana😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 hahh magetsi edu aya

zig · 5 months ago

anofambira kupi nemapothole ariko or kuda kuuraisa vanhu

/// · 5 months ago

Nemagetsi edu anogara asiko zvinobuda here izvi?

bounty hunter · 5 months ago

l don't think zvinobuda izvi coz some business commuter transport belong to the untouchables haaaa

𝙎ℙ𝞓ℝᴋ𝛯ℝ-ʏ𝒖𝑇 · 5 months ago

nini ndaona ndapiwawo yankue train apa nachivayu apa

Si**** · 5 months ago

Muno zvese hazvirambe but kumberi kwedu kune makudo anongofunga kuguta ega majority ichichema

. · 5 months ago

while we wait for 1 hour for ambulance response better think twice...

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Trams ...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Shams

370H-55V O773H🙃 · 5 months ago

Vai e ku graduation is yeku Hit did witness a prototype the President of the rode on so whats all this laughter about

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Haikona kunyepera kuzungaira iwe

chucknoris · 5 months ago

zvinoita asi chete politics manyanya

lmana · 5 months ago

apa mapedza nada president kana maaccident anopera nembavha dzinopera

Ba Tiara #ED · 5 months ago

izvi zvinoda nyika dzisingaendi magetsi kwte muno anowanikwa Monday be Friday

chipoko Chaprigozhin · 5 months ago

kana zvava zvavo hanzi zvinoita kana zviri zvaChamisa hanzi anooenga

chipoko Chaprigozhin · 5 months ago

kkkmukaita zvokutamba mnoita one week Byo to Harare bz of zesa

Cheyameni we Sadhiki · 5 months ago

first fix the electricity problem before you start dreaming about trams, promises promises everytime we are sick and tired now

LZW · 5 months ago

Every so called plan that comes from Zanu Pf doesn't work all they do is blow hot air, "we want to do this we want to do that" The nation will remain cursed as long as these fools are at the helm.

Sir African · 5 months ago

Zanu pf circus in parliament failed to ask questions as to where electricity to power the trains will come from.They failed to operate diesel trains what omore of the electric on?Passengers woulb stuck between Chitungwiza and Harare if they attempt to go to work.

Seke · 5 months ago

imagine magetsi oenda tiri parwendo apa tagara tinoswera tisina

million · 5 months ago

magetsi acho anobvakupiko

Wallace · 5 months ago

Connected directly ku cabora bassa 🤣🤣🤣

Anonymous · 5 months ago

And where is this additional electric current coming from? Travel home by tram and spend the night on it when there is load shedding and you can't open the doors to get off. It's totally laughable.

House Of Fray · 5 months ago

The irony of what the minister has just said is laughable!

jaa · 5 months ago

the best was to revive the steam locks then use our coal. coal is abundant but then the guys from the climate change will haunt you.

Oncemore · 5 months ago

@jaa Climate change guys should go for Benjamin Netanyahu instead

Chibaba · 5 months ago

Zvema Trams 🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 zvakutoda Chamisa's government imi veZanu PF itai zvepfumvudza.

Sean P Diddy Combs · 5 months ago

Not under hurumende yaED izvi tichangoramba tichizvionera mumamovie

ahh · 5 months ago

zviroto zviroto

Oncemore · 5 months ago

The money for buying trams should be channeled to the ministry of health to buy equipment and special drugs.

👽 Neo · 5 months ago

This is just a political gimmick to sway the people's minds from what they did to Mbare Musika. Neo-glitching out 🛸

Arne Slot · 5 months ago

Varikuda kuzvishandisira kupi kuchigara kusina magetsi achingouya husiku chte asi ndezvevaroyi kani?

pliz man · 5 months ago

LOL, where will you get the electricity to run the trams? from zesa? i dont think so LOL LOL LOL

♨️Discushen♨️ · 5 months ago

magetsi akaenda hauzononok kubasa here 🚎🚋🚈

Sir African · 5 months ago

Late in the fifties Smith and his government concluded Great Harare,Mutare,and Bulawayo plans which laid down routes for urban train transports.One of the plans saw Chikoore in 1995 marking a place in Chitungwiza were the railway route was supposed to be.We knew it was a political gimmick to buy votes as people voted with their feet then. Chikoore has since died so is the NRZ.The goods train we see were hired from RSA and the wagons from Mozambique.

370H-55V O773H🙃 · 5 months ago

Kana Botswana iine tram ko isu tingatadze neyi tione infrastructure yakakwana, in fact a model is in Bulawayo ZITF and Centenary there's a kids train infrastructure kure a kuti zvinoitika kwazvo

Anonymous · 5 months ago

One day ,some day yes.zvaizvezvi dream on

shurushuru · 5 months ago

on the flip side Botswana has diamonds its economy is growing, Zimbabwe also has diamonds but its economy is collapsing. let's not compare oranges and lemons just because they are both yellowish

hwakwata · 5 months ago

electricity yacho munayo here

😂😂 · 5 months ago

Kurota hakurambidzwe asi kunyepa imosva 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️

Tambaoga · 5 months ago

ko railway line ikunzi we have kuChitungwiza ikupi nhai.ndimugari weChitungwiza

Nkalakata · 5 months ago

It's quite an interesting dream silhouetted by a nightmare of lack of electricity in the country. Why not start by reviving our intercity railway passenger trains we use to have. It will save our highways from damage from heavy traffic.

Oncemore · 5 months ago

I agree with you Nkalakatha, it's better to repair old trains than buying new trams, because trams will end up giving problems like zupco which has become history. The idea is good, but because of corruption, the project will fail.

shurushuru · 5 months ago

zanu soo kaa. ayas. pakuda kurohwa bag kumaTend3r uko. Cde Minister go to the ministry's archives and check kuti hazvina kumbotaurea here nanaEnos Chikowore kuma90s vachiti Chitungwiza - Harare link. chakabuda ipapo aingove maTrain bus hahahahaha