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{{Short description|Marshalling yard in Zimbabwe}}
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[[File:HGG-NRZ-15-417-ThomsonJunction.jpg|thumb|NRZ Garratt class 15 No 417 at Thomson Junction, July 1990]]
[[File:HGG-ThomsonJunctionSignboard.jpg|thumb|Signboard of Thomson Junction, Zimbabwe]]
'''Thomson Junction''' is a railway marshalling yard about four miles northwest of [[Hwange]] (formerly called Wankie), in the [[Zimbabwe]] coal fields area. Thomson Junction is named after A. R. Thomson Esq., General Manager of [[Hwange Colliery|Wankie Colliery]] for many years.

Trains coming from the south and destined for [[Victoria Falls]] and further north into [[Zambia]], and trains coming from the north going south to Bulawayo and onwards, are marshalled for their onward journeys at Thomson Junction marshalling yard.

In 2018, the yard saw a series of derailments. In November, a heavy goods train derailed at the yard, two weeks after a passenger train derailed blocking the line for two days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mabuza |first=Sipho |date=2018-11-19 |title=Goods train derails near Hwange, third train accident in a week |url=https://www.zimlive.com/goods-train-derails-near-hwange-third-train-accident-in-a-week/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Zimbabwe News Now |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-11-18 |title=NRZ goods train derails in Hwange |url=https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/nrz-goods-train-derails-in-hwange/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=herald |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links==
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* [http://www.hwangecolliery.co.zw/ Hwange Colliery]

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[[Category:Rail infrastructure in Zimbabwe]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Rhodesia]]


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