RAILWAYS II

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The proposed project provides assistance to the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to implement a restructuring program with four principal components: (a) organization restructuring; (b) operations improvement program; (c) assets restructuring; and (d) financial restructuring. The project consists of 1) technical assistance to support a management and supervisory development program and introduce improved working systems, 2) training and secondment of staff to overseas rrailways, 3) funding of a manpower study and studies on NRZ's management information systems and locomotive maintenance practices, 4) software and technical assistance for accounting, yard information and locomotives monitoring systems, 5) procurement of new and repowering of some existing locomotives, 6) replacement of over-aged or obsolete rail and off-rail service vehicles, workshop plant and equipment and signalling and telecommunications equipment; and 7) minor extension of the electrified track structure.