Pasi pehurongwa hwayo hwekubatanidza Africa kuburikidza neyevintage nzendo dzekushanya, Rovos Rail chitima, iyo Pride ye Africa ikozvino yave munzira, ichitenderera kuchamhembe kubva kuCape Town muSouth Africa kuenda kuDar es Salaam kuTanzania isati yatanga rwendo rwayo rwekutanga kubatanidza Indian Ocean. uye Atlantic Ocean.
Chitima, Pride of Africa yave kutenderera, ichidambura neSouthern Africa nyika kuenda kuEastern Africa, pamhenderekedzo yeIndian Ocean muDar es Salaam, Tanzania. Mishumo kubva kukambani yeRovos Rail muPretoria yakati chitima ichi chakasiya Cape Town mazuva mashoma apfuura kuzosvika kuDar es Salaam Mugovera unotevera mushure mekufamba kwemavhiki maviri evhoriyamu.
Yakabva kuCape Town ichienda kuDar es Salaam munaJune 29 kusvika Mugovera unotevera, Chikunguru 13, isati yatanga mutambo wayo wekutanga maiden rwendo kubva Dar es Salaam kuenda kuLobito kuAngola. Chitima chinogona kutora vanosvika makumi manomwe nevaviri, vese vashanyi.
“Inenge iri nguva yekutanga munhoroondo kuti chitima chevapfuuri chifambe nzira yekumhangura kuenda kumadokero. Nzira yedu nyowani inowirirana zvakanaka needu makumi matatu emakore ekuberekwa. Ndinoda kutaura kuti zvainge zvakarongwa asi handikwanise kutora mbiri nekuda kwenguva yakaipa, "akadaro Rohan Vos, muridzi uye CEO weRovos Rail.
Rated chete chitima chevashanyi muAfrica, Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa chitima chevintage chinofamba nzendo kubva pamaawa makumi mana nemasere kusvika pamazuva gumi nemashanu nemugwagwa mutsva kwazvo wekubatanidza makungwa maviri anotangwa munguva pfupi.
Kuzvikudza kweAfrica kwakagadzirirwa kutenderera kubva kuguta reIndia riri mumahombekombe eDar es Salaam kumabvazuva kweAfrica, ichipfuura nepakati peTanzania, Zambia, neDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) kuenda kuLobito kuAngola kuAtlantic Ocean.
Kubva kuCape Town kuenda kuTanzania, iyo Pride ye Africa chitima inodarika ichipfuura nemunzvimbo dzinoyevedza uye dzevashanyi dzinoyevedza kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica kusanganisira Victoria Falls muZimbabwe, mugodhi wemadhaimani weKimberley weSouth Africa, Limpopo neKruger National Parks uye Zambezi River.
MuTanzania, iyo chitima inofamba ichidarika nenzvimbo dzakadai dzinoyevedza muSouthern Highlands yeTanzania kusanganisira inonakidza Kipengere neLivingstone Ranges, Kitulo National Park, Selous Game Reserve, pakati penzvimbo dzinokwezva dzinokwezva nzvimbo.
Mishumo kubva kumuzinda weRovos Rail muPretoria, South Africa yakati rwendo rwekutanga kuenda kuLobito kuAngola ruchasimuka musi wa16 Chikunguru kubva kuDar es Salaam kunosanganisira kushanya kuSelous Game Reserve kumaodzanyemba kweTanzania, nhunzi muhusiku husiku husiku Maodzanyemba Luangwa National Park muZambia uye kushanya kweguta kuLubumbashi muDR Congo.
Kubva kuZambia, iyo Pride ye Africa chitima ichapfuura nepakati peZambia Railways mutsara kubva kuKapiri Mposhi chiteshi wozobatana neNational Railways Company yeCongo (SNCC) kujoina Benguela Railway kuchiteshi cheLuau kuAngola padhuze nemuganhu weDR Congo wozoenda kuLobito pa Atlantic Ocean.
Rovos Rail kubva kuDar es Salaam kumahombekombe eIndian Ocean kuenda kuLobito pamhenderekedzo yeAtlantic Ocean ichave irwo rwendo rwekutanga munhoroondo yechikamu ichi cheAfrica kuti chitima chevatakurwi chichafamba kubva kumabvazuva kuenda kumadokero nzira inobatanidza makungwa maviri ari pamuganhu Africa kondinendi.
