Rail transport in Tanzania

• Burundi - no - proposed as part of SGR project. • DR Congo - decades ago there was a train ferry between Kigoma and Kalemie, in 2007 there are no ferry links and the DR Congo line to Kalemie is defunct because of a collapsed bridge. Break of gauge: /. Proposed as part of SGR project. as part of SGR project. • Uganda - yes - same gauge - via train ferry from Mwanza to Port Bell or Jinja. • Zambia - yes - break of gauge / The central line between Kigoma and Dar es Salaam carries international freight and passengers in transit from Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda to the Indian Ocean, and the branch from Tabora to Mwanza carries freight and passengers between Uganda and the Indian Ocean. → ==Standard gauge development==

On 31 March 2015 the Tanzanian government announced it would use $14.2 billion of commercial loans to build new rail infrastructure across the country before 2021, and make the country a regional transport hub. In June, China Railway Materials was awarded a $7.6 billion contract, primarily funded by commercial financing, to build new standard gauge lines connecting Dar es Salaam with Burundi and Rwanda. A separate $1.4 billion contract was awarded to China Railway Engineering Corporation to build a line between mines near Ludewa and the port of Mtwara. Both Chinese contracts were terminated by President John Magufuli when he took office in November 2015. In February 2017, construction companies Yapı Merkezi and Mota-Engil were jointly awarded a contract to build of track between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro, and a line connecting Isaka with Burundi and Rwanda. The Dar es Salaam–Morogoro section was completed in April 2022. == Proposed line ==

• Lobito-Dar es Salaam Railway == See also ==