Published: 03 March 2014

The National Railways of Zimbabwe plans to set up two manufacturing plants in Bulawayo at a combined cost of $14 million to revive its comatose operations laid low by debt, undercapitalisation and mismanagement.

The proposals to establish a concrete sleeper and wagon wheel manufacturing plants in Bulawayo are contained in an NRZ strategy document handed to Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Obert Mpofu recently.

The concrete sleeper plant is estimated to cost $4 million and would cater for NRZ's requirements "to remove all cautions through re-sleepering of the track system as well as reserve stock for accidents and derailments."
- newsday

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