Friends of the Rail Forum

Harassed commuters in Harare have called on government-owned public transport operator Zupco to increase passenger rail services around the Zimbabwean capital to deal with a desperate shortage of commuter transport in the city. Following a police raid on Wednesday in which 600 “mushikashika” pirate taxis were impounded, fed-up commuters demanded that Zupco expanded rail services to other suburbs that were currently not served by trains as well as add more coaches to cope with demand, The Herald newspaper reported...