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A Situational Study of Rail Transport Usage in Zambia Journal of Business Administration and Management Sciences Research Vol. 5(6), pp. 077-088, December, 2016 Available online athttp://www.apexjournal.org ISSN 2315-8727© 2016 Apex Journal International Full Length Research A situational study of rail transport usage in Zambia Fred Mwila1* and Erastus M. Mwanaumo2 1 Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia. 2Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Zambia; P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia. Accepted 19 September, 2016; Published 5 December, 2016 Rail transport is critical for the development of any country. This is especially so for Zambia which is land locked. With its inherent advantage of being bulk carrier, safer and cheaper, rail transport is an important cog in intermodal transportation of goods and services. It is also more environmentally friendly, has less congestion and is more fuel efficient than other transport modes. A poorly utilised railway adversely affects overall national transport system and leads to low output which results in decreased contribution to the country’s economy. In some countries, especially the developed ones, freight and passenger rail traffic has been on the increase. However the opposite is the case in Zambia where railway traffic has continued to deteriorate. This paper seeks is to establish the position of railways in the Zambian transport system and propose ways of addressing causal factors and it is based on findings from research on ‘a comparative study of access to railways in Zambia relative to road transport’. Results indicate that railways carried a partly eight percent (8.0%) of the cargo transported by the road and rail in 2015. Categorizing this traffic into exports, imports, transit and local traffic, the road moved at least 83.0% of the cargo moved by rail and road. The same was the case when cargo was classified by type of traffic with the road moving at least 78.0% of the available traffic. This is despite more than 50.0% of the traffic being heavy and bulk which should traditionally be moved by the rail. Poor accessibility to the railways caused by inter alia, bad rail infrastructure and equipment, unfavourable government policies, poor management of the railways, very low speeds and limited routes were some of the major reasons for the under performance of the railways in Zambia. Mitigating these causal factors could lead to improving access to the rail. Key words: Poor, Rail transport, Usage, Zambia INTRODUCTION Zambia with an estimated population of over 15 million, Transport, Storage and communication contributed 3.6% Zambiais one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most highly (CSO, 2013). urbanized countries (The statistician, 2014).Although According to CSO (2013), the growth in GDP was as a gross domestic product (GDP) has doubled since result of increased output in “Construction and Transport” independence, per capita annual incomes are currently at among other sectors. Transport is therefore a about two-thirds of their levels at independence (CIA, prerequisite to economic growth. Rail transport is an 2012). Zambia's economy has experienced strong growth integral part of intermodal transportation of goods and in recent years, with real GDP growth in the period 2005- passengers for countries engaged in intra and 2013 more than 7.9% in 2013. Zambia's economy is well international trade and movements. Being landlocked, diversified in terms of GDP sectoral contributions. Zambia falls in this category of countries in need of multimodal transportation. According to Mehta (2014), Rail is an important mode of transport because it carries bulk goods over long *Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]; distances; it‟s cheaper; and is very safe. It also has better [email protected] fuel efficiency (Emerald Insight, 2014) and is more 078 J. Bus. Admin. Manage. Sci. Res environmentally friendly. Given the superior fuel ii. It is a quick and more regular form of transport efficiency of rail transport, emissions of harmful gases because it helps in the transportation of goods with speed from fuel usage will be less per unit of output for rail and certainty; compared to road transport. In 1990, the Swedish iii. It helps in the industrialization process of a country by Commission on Economic Instruments in Environmental easy transportation of raw-materials at a cheaper rate; Policy proposed pollution charges which concluded that iv. It helps in the quick movement of goods from one the emission costs for road are more than 270 times that place to another at the time of emergencies like famines for rail. In terms of safety, rail transport also has and scarcity; advantages over road transport which has more v. It encourages mobility of labour and thereby provides a accidents due to congestion among other causes. great scope for employment; Despite these advantages, rail in Zambia is not only a vi. Railway is the safest form of transport. The chances of minor player in the transport sector but its traffic has been accidents and breakdown of railways are minimal as declining. Freight traffic hauled by Zambia Railways compared to other modes of transport; and Limited (ZRL) fell from 1.7 million tonnes in 2002 to 0.6 vii. The carrying capacity of the railways is extremely million in 2012. The same is true for passenger volumes large. Moreover, its capacity is elastic which can easily which dropped from 223,347 passengers carried in 2009 be increased by adding more wagons. Their charges are to 192,608 passengers in 2012 (ZRL, 2014). For based on charge what the traffic can bear principles Tanzania Zambia Railways (TAZARA), the picture is just which helps the poor. In fact, it is a national necessity.” as gloomy with freight traffic having dropped from 1.2 million tonnes in 1990 to below 400,000 tonnes in 2013. Further rail transport is more advantageous than its major TAZARA passenger levels have also dropped from competitor, the road, in fuel efficiency, environmental 998,000 in 1990 to an average of 197,240 passengers considerations, traffic congestion and safety.A study per year between 2011 and 2014. sponsored by the United States Federal Railroad This paper is aimed at establishing causes of the poor Administration (USFRA) in 1991 showed that on average, usage of rail transport in Zambia and suggests ways of in ton-miles per gallon of fuel, railways were about 4.5 improving the situation. Thestudy used literature review, times as fuel efficient when compared to trucks. Environ- structured interviews, questionnaire survey and case mental considerations also favour rail over road transport. study. Given the superior fuel efficiency of rail transport, emissions of harmful gases from fuel usage would be less per unit of output for rail compared to road transport. LITERATURE REVIEW In 1990, the Swedish Commission on Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy proposed pollution charges which Brief overview of Railway transport translated into the following cost responsibilities for the Swedish transport sector's various subsectors: Whiteing and Menaz (2009) defines Transportation as the movement of passengers and goods from one location to a) Road: US$ 16,300 million another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, b) Marine: US$ 2,600 million cable, pipeline and space. Transport is important c) Aviation: US$ 900 million because it enables trade, which is essential for the d) Rail: US$ 60 million development of civilizations. Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods, by way of Thus the emission costs for road are more than 270 wheeled vehicles running on rails. It is also commonly times that for rail. referred to as train transport. Rail transport consists of all In terms of safety, rail transport also has advantages over land passenger and freight transport which runs on both road transport which has more accidents due to dual and single fixed rails. This principally involves heavy congestions among other causes. For example, the rail, light rail and tram but might also include funicular and State Railway of Thailand (SRT) in 1990 stated that in monorail rail modes (Whiteing and Menaz, 2009). Thailand, road accounts for about 94.5-97.5 percent of all the country's accidents, deaths and injuries, while rail accounts for about 2.5-4.8 percent (Bevis, 1992). Advantages of rail transport These figures give a rough guide to the advantage of rail service in fuel efficiency, containing environmental According to Mehta (2014), Rail is one of the most pollution, traffic congestion and safety. The actual would important modes of transport due to the following of course differ from country to country. advantages: “ Disadvantages of rail transport i. It facilitates long distance travel and transport of bulky goods which are not easily transported by motor vehicles; Rail transport has its own disadvantages. Mehta (2014) Mwila and Mwanaumo 079 mentions the following:” The principal role of transport is to provide access a) The railway requires a large investment of capital. The between spatially separated locations for the business cost of construction, maintenance and overhead and household sectors, for both commodity (freight) and expenses are very high as compared to other modes of person movements. For the business sector, this involves transport. Moreover, the investments are specific and connections between businesses and their input sources, immobile. In case the traffic is not sufficient, the between businesses and other businesses, and between investments may mean wastage of huge resources; businesses and their markets. For the household sector, b) Another disadvantage of railway transport is its it provides people with access to workplaces and inflexibility. It routes and timings cannot be adjusted to education facilities, shops, and social, recreational, individual requirements; community and medical facilities (New Zealand Ministry c) Rail transport cannot provide door to door service as it of Transport, 2014).
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