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  2. TAZARA Railway - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the course of the TAZARA in relation to Tanzania's geography, national parks and game reserves. Running some 1,860 km (1,160 mi) from Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, on the coast of the Indian Ocean to Kapiri Mposhi, near the Copperbelt of central Zambia, the Tazara is sometimes regarded as the greatest engineering effort of its kind since World War II.

  3. History of rail transport in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    The PRC government sponsored construction of the railway specifically to eliminate Zambia's economic dependence on Rhodesia and South Africa. [3] The contractual foundations were closed in 1967, and one year later, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway ( TAZARA ) was established, as a condominial railway [ 4 ] owned by Tanzania and Zambia.

  4. Tanzania Railways Corporation - Wikipedia

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    There is a break-of-gauge at Dar es Salaam to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) line to Zambia. A second link is at Kidatu, where the TAZARA line meets the Kidatu branch. In 2024, Tanzania inaugurated a new railway terminal in Dar es Salaam as part of its ambitious Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project.

  5. Rail transport in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport in Tanzania is conducted by two companies (Tanzania Railways Corporation and TAZARA). It has historically used narrow gauge trackage, but planning and construction of new standard gauge lines is underway as of 2017.

  6. Transport in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    A sign by Tanzanian roads agency Tanroads, along the main road from Mwanza to Shinyanga.. The Tanzania National Roads Agency - an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications - came into operation in July 2000 and is the agency responsible for the maintenance and development of the trunk and regional road network in Mainland Tanzania.

  7. Mbeya - Wikipedia

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    The TAZARA railway later attracting farming migrants and small entrepreneurs to the area. [4] [5] Mbeya and its district were administered by the British until 1961. Mbeya Region was created in 1961. Mbeya City is now a growing metropolis and business centre for the southern regions and the neighbouring countries of Malawi, Zambia and Congo.

  8. Central Line (Tanzania) - Wikipedia

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    The Central Line (German: Mittellandbahn), formerly known as the Tanganyika Railway (German: Tanganjikabahn) is the most important railway line in Tanzania, apart from TAZARA. It runs west from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika via Dodoma. Extensions of the central route branch to the cities of Mwanza on Lake Victoria, Tanga, Singida ...

  9. Zambia Railways - Wikipedia

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    The other system is the binational TAZARA Railway (TAZARA) that interconnects with the ZR at Kapiri Mposhi and provides a link to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. Currently, the Zambia Railways Line travels from the Victoria Falls border to Chingola via Livingstone, Choma, Mazabuka, Lusaka, Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Ndola and Kitwe for freight ...