Nyazura

Nyazura (formerly Inyazura) (the locals call it Nyazure) is the second largest urban settlement in Makoni District in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. It is located 72 km north-west of Mutare on the main road and railway linking Harare and Mutare. The settlement is named after the Nyazure River which is a tributary of the Save River. The local economy involves the extraction of phosphate from Dorowa (to the south-west) which is then exported by train. The town is located 191 km from Harare along the Harare Mutare Highway. It is 20 kilometres from Rusape and 70 km from Mutare.

==History== Inyazura was in the time of steam trains a 'booking-off' depot. Salisbury (now Harare) based traincrews would book off at Inyazura and Inyazura based traincrews would then work the Umtali/Beira trains onwards to Umtali (now Mutare). After the laid down booking off period (usually 12 hours) the rested Salisbury crews would then take the Saisbury bound trains back to their home depot. When diesel traction was introduced on the Salisbury-Umtali section (early 1950s) the booking off system was phased out, Inyazura was closed as a re-crewing depot, and the so-called round trip working was introduced whereby Salisbury train crews met up with the Umtali train crews at a booked change over place (usually Eagles Nest siding) where the crews handed over trains and locomotives to each other and then returned to their own home depots.