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The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR) is a privately owned railway company that provides a rail link in Zimbabwe between Beitbridge at the South African border and Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo. The BBR is a build-operate-transfer project that has shortened the distance between Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and South Africa to . Prior to its inauguration, rail service between South Africa and Bulawayo used a route through Botswana that is about longer. The shorter line has been used primarily for freight transportation. New Limpopo Projects Investments Limited (NLPI), a Mauritius registered company, specialises in private sector investments using the build-operate-transfer (BOT) concept. The BBR is one of the three connected NLPI railway operations in Zimbabwe and Zambia that form a rail link between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The BBR was inaugurated on 15 July 1999. After 30 years of service the BBR will be handed over to the National Railways of Zimbabwe at no cost. It has had a profound negative impact on the profitability of Botswana Railways that saw its Zimbabwe-related freight volume drop by 90,000 to 10,000 tons.〔(Impact of the BBR on Botswana Railways )〕 ==See also== * South African Class 34-200 * South African Class 34-600 * South African Class 34-800 * South African Class 35-000 * South African Class 35-400 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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