Nyazura
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Nyazura is a village in the province of Manicaland
, Zimbabwe
located 72 km north west of Mutare
on the main road and railway linking Harare
and Mutare. The phosphate
from Dorowa
(to the south west) are handled by the railways here.
Inyazura was in the time of steam traction a so-called booking-off depot. Salisbury (now Harare)
based traincrews would book off at Inyazura ( better known by traincrews as IY) and Inyazura based traincrews would then work the Umtali/Beira trains onwards to
Umtali(now Mutare).
After the laid down booking off period ( usually 12 hours ) the rested Salisbury crews would then take the Saisbury bound trains back to their home depot.
When Diesel traction was introduced on the Salisbury-Umtali section (early 1950s) the booking off system was phased out, Inyazura was closed as a re-crewing depot, and the so-called round trip working was introduced whereby Salisbury train crews met up with the Umtali train crews at a booked change over place (usually Eagles Nest siding) where the crews handed over trains and locomotives to each other and then returned to their own home depots.
Tobacco
and mixed farming are grown in the region. Nyazura serves as an administrative and commercial centre for the Chiduku communal land.
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Manicaland
Manicaland is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of approximately 1.6 million . Mutare is the capital of the province. -Background:...
, 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...
located 72 km north west of Mutare
Mutare
Mutare is the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe, with a population of around 170,000. It is the capital of Manicaland province.-History:...
on the main road and railway linking Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
and Mutare. The phosphate
Phosphate
A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. Inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in...
from Dorowa
Dorowa
Dorowa is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 3km south of the Save River in the Upper Save valley about 90km west of Mutare. The village grew up around the opencast Dorowa Mine where phosphate was discovered in 1945. The mine produces all of Zimbabwe's phosphate...
(to the south west) are handled by the railways here.
Inyazura was in the time of steam traction a so-called booking-off depot. Salisbury (now Harare)
based traincrews would book off at Inyazura ( better known by traincrews as IY) and Inyazura based traincrews would then work the Umtali/Beira trains onwards to
Umtali(now Mutare).
After the laid down booking off period ( usually 12 hours ) the rested Salisbury crews would then take the Saisbury bound trains back to their home depot.
When Diesel traction was introduced on the Salisbury-Umtali section (early 1950s) the booking off system was phased out, Inyazura was closed as a re-crewing depot, and the so-called round trip working was introduced whereby Salisbury train crews met up with the Umtali train crews at a booked change over place (usually Eagles Nest siding) where the crews handed over trains and locomotives to each other and then returned to their own home depots.
Tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
and mixed farming are grown in the region. Nyazura serves as an administrative and commercial centre for the Chiduku communal land.
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