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Maputo Central Railway Station: Exterior · The train station, Maputo
1/5 · Exterior · The train station, MaputoPhoto: Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria · CC BY 2.0 · source
Maputo Central Railway Station: Exterior · Platform at Maputo's train station, Maputo, Mozambique
2/5 · Exterior · Platform at Maputo's train station, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: Ana Raquel S. Hernandes from Sao Paulo, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Maputo Central Railway Station: Exterior · Great Jazz bar in the evenings but only two lines going out
3/5 · Exterior · Great Jazz bar in the evenings but only two lines going outPhoto: Valentina Buj from Geneva, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Maputo Central Railway Station: Interior · View on Praça dos Trabalhadores from inside Maputo Train Station
4/5 · Interior · View on Praça dos Trabalhadores from inside Maputo Train StationPhoto: Claus Wonnemann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Maputo Central Railway Station: Detail · Handle - Train station, Maputo, Mozambique
5/5 · Detail · Handle - Train station, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: F H Mira · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · The train station, MaputoPhoto 2: Exterior · Platform at Maputo's train station, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto 3: Exterior · Great Jazz bar in the evenings but only two lines going outPhoto 4: Interior · View on Praça dos Trabalhadores from inside Maputo Train StationPhoto 5: Detail · Handle - Train station, Maputo, Mozambique

Infrastructure · Historic precedent

Maputo Central Railway Station

Mario Veiga, Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima (plans); José Ferreira da Costa (dome) · Maputo, MZ · 1916

Key featuresBeaux-Arts station of baked brick and cement with a copper-clad central dome rising to 51 m.

Architect
Mario Veiga, Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima (plans); José Ferreira da Costa (dome)
Place
Maputo, MZ
Year
1916
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Africa
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