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In January 2022, the governments of Tanzania and Burundi signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a SGR line connecting the two countries. [28] As part of the Tanzania–Burundi Standard Gauge Railway, 180 kilometres of railway will be constructed from Uvinza, off the Tabora–Kigoma line, to the Malagarasi river on the border.
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.
A triple gauge sleeper can handle the three main gauges found in Africa, including Tanzania: 1000 mm, 1067 mm and 1435 mm. 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) and 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) are too close to allow 3-rail dual gauge; you have to have 4-rail dual gauge.
The Central Line was the second railway project coming into existence in the colony of then German East Africa after the Usambara Railway.For the Tanganjikabahn-project a company was founded, the Ostafrikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft (OAEG) (East African Railway Company) which started railway construction in 1905 with 21 million marks (ℳ) provided by Adolph von Hansemann's Disconto ...
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In December 2023, the AfDB approved various financing structures valued at US$696.41 million. The funds are intended for an electrified Tabora-Kigoma link in Tanzania as well as the Tanzania–Burundi SGR. The bank will provide US$98.62 million to Burundi in the form of grants and US$597.79 million to Tanzania in the form of loans and guarantees.
Tanzania SGR plans. Am I right that the March 2023 feasibility study for a Uvinza–Musongati–Gitega Railway (that article has a 2020 reference to metre gauge and no mention of the 2023 study) has replaced the branch from Isaka, as proposed in 2015, off the Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway? Have I got the current SGR proposals right with ...
This article is supported by WikiProject Tanzania (assessed as High-importance). How does the TRC relate to TARC, the Trans African Railway Company, which Comazar operated in Tanzania until 2002, according to the Comazar web page?