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A railway company was created in 1891 with the aim of connecting the port of Tanga at the Indian Ocean with Lake Victoria by passing south of the Usambara Mountains. A 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge was chosen. From June 1893 the line advanced inland from Tanga. Due to undercapitalization, the company had to be taken over by the state in ...
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 ...
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. But if you have 4-rail gauge, then you can include 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge (standard gauge) at the cost of slightly longer sleepers.
Fare of speed-up ticket is 40% of fare basis (¥0.023444 per kilometer) for this class; If the distance is shorter than 100 km, 100 km is charged. The price of a speed-up ticket is rounded to ¥1. Air-conditioning ticket. Fare of an air-conditioning ticket equals to 25% of fare basis, or ¥0.0146525 per kilometer.
A platform ticket issued at Kings Cross railway station, valid for one hour A disused platform ticket machine in Tanga, Tanzania. A platform ticket is a type of rail ticket issued by some rail transport systems, allowing the user to access the platforms of a train station, but not to board and travel on any train services.
Tanga Station (旦過駅, Tanga-eki) is a Kitakyushu monorail station in Kokura Kita ward, Kitakyushu, Japan. [1] History. The station opened on 9 January 1985. [2]
A train ticket is a transit pass ticket issued by a railway operator that enables the bearer to travel on the operator's network or a partner's network. Tickets can authorize the bearer to travel a set itinerary at a specific time (common for long-distance railroads), a set itinerary at any time (common for commuter railroads ), a set itinerary ...
The construction of the Usambara Railway, from Tanga to the hinterland, began in 1893. However, the company building that railway went into bankruptcy after two years. At that stage, only 40 km (25 mi) of track had been completed, as far as Korogwe. The treasury of the colony then took over the project in 1899. Four years later, in 1903, it ...