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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.
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.
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.
The most notable early aid project was the TAZARA Railway built from 1970 to 1975 with Chinese funding, labor and technical assistance. [1] The 1,860 km railway connects landlocked Zambia with Dar es Salaam. The Chinese government sent as many as 56,000 workers, and has continued to aid the railway in the decades since.
The TAZARA Memorial Park spans 20,000 square meters and features an external outline resembling a Chinese knot, symbolizing the strong ties between China and Zambia. The park is divided into several sections, including the Gate of Friendship, the Memorial Square, the Martyrs' Cemetery, and the TAZARA Railway Memorial Hall.
The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a railway system, under construction and partially in operation, serving Tanzania and linking it to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and through these to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the East African Railway Master Plan.
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.
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.