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The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) long and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
TAZARA (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) offers two routes on its 20.5 km (12.7 mi) rail network. [11] The first from its station in Dar es Salaam to Mwakanga which lies on the outskirts of the city. It stops at Kwa Fundi Umeme, Kwa Limboa, Lumo Kigilagila, Sigara, Kitunda road, Kipunguni B, Majohe and Magnus.
Train Name [2] Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Train Numbers Akbar Express: PR: Quetta – Lahore Junction: 1974 – 2020 23UP/24DN Allama Iqbal Express: PR: Karachi Cantonment – Sialkot Junction: 1940 – Present 9UP/10DN Attock Passenger: PR: Mari Indus – Attock City Junction: 1988 – present 201UP/202DN Attock Safari S. Jamil & Co ...
Railway bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls. Zambia Railways (ZR) is the national railway company of Zambia and one of the two major railway organisations in Zambia. 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.
The main line runs to Lake Victoria where a connection operates via Lake Victoria train ferries with the Uganda Railway and Kenya Railways. From the Tanga line a line to Kenya is disused. Railways in Tanzania. 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.
Dar es Salaam - ocean port - former national capital - 8 km from TAZARA line [1]; Ruvu (75m) - junction to Tanga line; Morogoro (510m) - junction to north; Kilosa (572m) - junction going south to TAZARA
2.2 TAZARA. 2.3 Newly constructed. 2.4 Proposed rail. 2.5 Zambia ... New Kapiri Mposhi railway station, TAZARA Railway, 2009. Railway stations in Zambia include: Maps.
Mpika railway station in Zambia. At the centre of Mpika railway station is a crossing loop and several parallel sidings mainly used for shunting. The passenger station with a grand entrance is located at this point with a prominent road opposite.