frequent rival economic competitor in the mining sectors or Mozambique, at that time Portuguese-controlled territory. Not intended in the grand picture of the Cape to Cairo Railway, the TAZARA fills a critical link. This connection uses the gauge of the southern part of Africa. Benguela-Katanga link In the city of Tenke, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is an interconnection of the Cape-Cairo Railway with the Katanga-Benguela railway linking it to the port of Lobito in Angola, on the Atlantic coast. Kidatu connection In 1998, a transshipment hub was built at Kidatu in southern Tanzania to connect the metre gauge Central Line (Tanzania) with the Cape gauge TAZARA line. This also shortened the distance. Railway systems in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa The railway is connected to the Mozambican, Zimbabwean and South African systems through the Beira-Bulawayo railway, the Limpopo railway and the Pretoria-Maputo railway, reaching the ports of Maputo and Beira. Road The Court Treatt expedition, an attempt to travel from Cape to Cairo by road, was made in 1924 using two cars. The Cape to Cairo Road was planned to roughly connect the same countries. That plan was updated with the Cairo–Cape Town Highway plan, large sections of which are paved and passable. In fiction John Crowley's science fiction novella Great Work of Time features an alternative history in which the British Empire survived to the end of the 20th century and beyond, and the Cape to Cairo Railway was completed. In an early chapter the protagonist travels in comfort the whole route from South Africa to Egypt. See also Cape to Cairo Cape to Cairo Red Line Cairo – Cape Town Highway Northern Africa Railroad Development Scramble for Africa Fashoda Incident East African Railway Master Plan Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor – 2012 Kunming–Singapore railway References Sources Tabor, George, The Cape to Cairo Railway & River Routes (2003), London: Genta. . External links The trip from Cairo to Kenya in 1935 Rovos Rail luxury tours from Cape Town to Cairo Lamu Nadapal map – 2012 Its status as of 1922: Link. An interesting news story from 1924: Link Rail transport in Africa British colonisation in Africa International railway lines History of Africa Unfinished buildings and structures Cecil Rhodes