 Privately owned public transport comprised licensed station wagons, nicknamed "emergency taxis" until 1993, when the government began to replace them with licensed buses and minibuses, referred to officially as "commuter omnibuses".The National Railways of Zimbabwe operates a daily overnight passenger train service that runs from Harare to Mutare and another one from Harare to Bulawayo, using the Beira–Bulawayo railway.Harare is linked by long-distance bus services to most parts of Zimbabwe.