African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 891 "meter" shaped railway

It has to be said that the use of black labor has greatly improved the quality of life of East African railway workers and reduced labor intensity to a certain extent.

Of course, with the decrease in the number of black workers and the increase in the country's citizen population in recent years, all walks of life in East African society except agriculture have still felt certain pressure.

However, with the steady development of industrialization and the prosperity of import and export trade, East Africa is also very active in introducing advanced production tools, trying to reduce production costs through technological means.

Taking the railway system as an example, a large number of jacks, special railway construction vehicles, better quality construction tools, etc. have been purchased.

Of course, the fact that the railway system can do this is still related to the East African government’s heavy investment in railways. After all, railways are one of the few important industrial sectors.

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 While the railroad workers in New Frankfurt were working overtime to build the railway between New Frankfurt and the Rhineland.

 The "meter"-shaped railway system of New Frankfurt City is also taking shape, and New Frankfurt City will also become the first important railway hub in East Africa that connects the whole country.

New Frankfurt Mayor Rogens: "As early as the middle stage of the construction of the Central Railway, the Central Railway has formed a 'cross'-shaped line, starting from Dar es Salaam in the east, reaching Mongu City in the west, Kisan City in the north, and going south Arrived at New Hamburg Port.”

As the mayor said, New Frankfurt city officials naturally know very clearly the important position of New Frankfurt in the national transportation system.

“Mr. Mayor, now that the royal family and the central government have decided to build a new capital in New Frankfurt, this is another opportunity for our city.”

East Africa is a plateau country. The plateau economy accounts for more than 70% of the East African economy. Therefore, controlling the plateau in East Africa is basically equivalent to controlling the country’s economic lifeline and most of the population.

As for the Ethiopian Plateau, it does not account for a high proportion of the East African economy. After all, it is located in the border area, with mountainous terrain, the East African Rift Valley and other factors. Therefore, compared with other plateau areas in East Africa, it is smaller than Southwest Africa and the Azande Plateau. Be stronger.

The transportation advantage of New Frankfurt City is reflected in this point. It is the core point connecting the major plateau areas in East Africa except the Ethiopian Plateau.

“With the exception of Southwest Africa, all regions are the core areas of our country’s economy. With the exception of the Ethiopian Plateau, the major plateaus are all connected by railway and within the radiation range of New Frankfurt.”

“And until now, with the annexation of Angola and Mozambique, the last obstacle to railway construction has been removed, and our country’s railway pattern has finally been finalized.”

There is naturally no pictographic Chinese character for "meter" in German, so the name of the "meter"-shaped railway in East Africa is actually an "imported product". According to rumors, it was personally defined by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is proficient in Oriental studies.

“Our New Frankfurt City is the central hub of the national railway network. Through eight lines, it radiates to the whole country, reaching the Azande Plateau in the north, the East African Coastal Plain and the East African Plateau in the east, the South African Plateau in the south, and Angola and Southwest Africa in the west. ”

Logans was very clear about what his subordinates said. He said: "The city of New Frankfurt rose because of the railway, so in the future our city of New Frankfurt will definitely assume the function of the capital's transportation hub. Therefore, it is the government's responsibility to continue to promote the construction of the "meter"-shaped railway. long term work."

 At present, the construction of New Frankfurt City has been completed or there are a total of eight main railway lines under construction:

Dar es Salaam – New Frankfurt

 City of Kissan (Gani)—City of New Frankfurt

City of Luanda – City of New Frankfurt City of Benguela – City of New Frankfurt

Beira-New Frankfurt

 City of Quelimane—City of New Frankfurt

Hunt City of New Hamburg—City of New Frankfurt

Walvis Bay City—New Frankfurt City

At present, except for the two railways, Quelimane-New Frankfurt and Walvis Bay-New Frankfurt, which have not yet been started, all others have been completed.

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The cities of Quelimane and Beira are both coastal port cities in Mozambique, and Quelimane is located in northern Mozambique, north of the Zambezi River.

The Quelimane-New Frankfurt Railway actually has another name, that is, the "Railway Along the Zambezi River". It starts in Quelimane City in the north of the Zambezi River Delta and passes through the city of Tete along the Zambezi River. , then through the Luangwa Valley and finally into the city of New Frankfurt.

The function of this railway is actually to fill the traffic gap between the Zambezi River and Lake Malawi. After all, the Zambezi Valley and Lake Malawi are areas with quite good conditions, and Tete and Klima downstream The inner cities were all important cities in Mozambique in the past.

The Walvis Bay-New Frankfurt Railway, also known as the Southwest Railway, is being surveyed and investigated because it crosses the desert. In addition, the economic conditions in Southwest Africa are too poor and there is basically no economic value along the line. Therefore, in the East African railway sector The planned construction time is relatively late, and it will take a long time for the Walvis Bay Railway to connect to the inland.

The city of New Frankfurt can become the most important railway hub in East Africa thanks to the construction of the Central Railway. Among its "meter"-shaped railways, five are directly from the Central Railway, and there are very important cities in East Africa along the line, including Darfur. Es Salaam, Mbeya, Harare and many more.

The other three are also inextricably related to the Central Railway. For example, the Beira-New Frankfurt Railway was actually formed after the Habe Railway was connected to the Central Railway.

 Similarly, the Walvis Bay Railway connects to the Central Railway from Bulawayo, while only the Quelimane City Railway is a new line directly connected to New Frankfurt City.

Logans said: "The railway hub is the biggest advantage of our New Frankfurt City. At the same time, coupled with the fact that it may become the Rhine City's transportation hub in the future, we should give priority to a group of advanced equipment manufacturing industries to land in the New Frankfurt City to build an inland city that is comparable to Darei. The national central cities of Salaam and Mombasa.”

I have to say that New Frankfurt City has great ambitions. After all, in terms of land transportation alone, New Frankfurt City is indeed the strongest now. However, it may still be possible to catch up with Dar es Salaam and Mombasa and surpass it. It's a little difficult.

At least until other port cities in East Africa develop, the status of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa will be difficult to shake, especially Mombasa, which drives the entire north and is the only good outlet for the sea in the northern region.

In this regard, Dar es Salaam is much worse. First of all, Dar es Salaam has too many competitors. Except for the East African Plateau region, the selectivity has increased in most areas in the interior, including Luanda and Benguela. , and Beira, the central part can already use these three ports to go to sea, and it does not have to be Dar es Salaam.

The western part of the African continent corresponding to Mombasa, that is, the Atlantic coast, belongs to the colonies of other countries. There is no outlet in East Africa, and there is also the natural wall of the Congo rainforest, which further hinders the development of transportation.

Therefore, if most provinces in the north want to go to the sea, they can only choose Mombasa as the outlet first, including the royal territory of Sigmalingen, without going abroad.

 (End of this chapter)