Komatipoort-Mpaka railway line inauguration (limited edition) (1986)

                                                                                                               Komatipoort-Mpaka railway line

            Official inauguration of the railway line between Komatipoort in the Republic of South Africa and Mpaka in Swaziland on 14 february 1986

LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, South African Transport Services Swaziland Railway, LANDSCAPE FORMAT BOOKLET, EIGHT PAGES, ILLUSTRATED, 29.7 CMS X 21 CMS, CONDITION: NEW.

The Mozambican War of Independence and the subsequent Mozambican Civil War caused disruption to Swazi trade through the Mozambican ports, and in 1977 the South African Railways agreed to the construction of a link from the railhead at Golela to the existing line at Phuzumoya. This line, opened in 1978, gave Eswatini rail access to Durban and Richards Bay.

                     In 1986, the northern link from Komatipoort to Mpaka was opened, providing a shorter route for traffic from Phalaborwa and the Lowveld to Richards Bay.