Dete is a small railway

Rail transport

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 re-crewing depot

Train station

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 and village

Village

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 on the Bulawayo

Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...

-Hwange

Hwange

Hwange is a town in western Zimbabwe, in the province of Matabeleland North. It is named after the chieftain of Zwange, who is now called Chief Hwange. The town was known as Wankie until 1982. According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 42,581...

-Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls

The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.-Introduction:...

 railway line in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

, approximately 415 km (257.9 mi) north of Bulawayo

Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...

 and 93 km (57.8 mi) south of Hwange

Hwange

Hwange is a town in western Zimbabwe, in the province of Matabeleland North. It is named after the chieftain of Zwange, who is now called Chief Hwange. The town was known as Wankie until 1982. According to the 1992 Population Census, the town had a population of 42,581...

, lying within the Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park

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.

Features

While unpopular with train crews stationed there because of its isolation

Solitude

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 and lack of proper shopping

Shopping

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 and education

Education

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 facilities, these drawbacks are offset with a daily financial

Finance

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 allowance and an extra day's paid leave for every month served by workers. Dete is near the Kamativi

Kamativi

Kamativi is a small mining town in Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe. Kamativi is also the name of a tin mine located at the town. The town exists because of the mine....

 tin mine.

Train System

Bulawayo-based train

Train

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 crews booked off on arrival at Dete, while Dete or Hwange train crews worked the train farther north to Hwange.

This system

System

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 of trains working was phased out when diesel locomotives

Locomotive

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 were introduced on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls railway line.

See also

• Dete train crash
  Dete train crash
  The Dete train crash was a railway accident which occurred on the 1 February 2003 in the Zimbabwean town of Dete in the Western part of the country about from Victoria Falls....
  
  , 2003 railway accident