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The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has reported smooth operations for the SGR service between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro since its commencement in June 2024.
The Tanzania Railways Corporation has announced plans to purchase diesel-powered trains to support operations on its electric SGR amid frequent power blackouts.
This new 282km (175-mile) standard gauge railway (SGR) aims to transport three million metric tonnes of minerals annually with a primary focus on bolstering trade between Tanzania and Burundi.
The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has said it will receive the first batch of the 42 electric trains it had ordered by November this year.
DAR ES SALAAM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's railway authorities commenced the first electric standard gauge railway (SGR) commercial operations from Dar es Salaam to the Morogoro region Friday ...
With the contract award for the Tabora-Kigoma section, the total investment in the entire SGR line project in Tanzania has now risen to $10.4 billion.
If there is anything that Tanzania has learnt in the past 60 years, it is that, it is too expensive for a poor, developing country to meet operational costs of a railway network of thousands of ...
Turkish contractor Yapi Merkezi late last month signed a $1.9-billion turnkey contract for the construction of 368 kilometers of electrified standard gauge railway (SGR) in Tanzania comprising all ...
Finance ministers from Tanzania and Zanzibar have embarked on fundraising for the standard gauge railway (SGR) project in the wake of the main contractor, Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi, showing signs ...
DAR ES SALAAM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian Prime Minister Kasim Majaliwa said on Friday construction of the second phase of standard gauge railway (SGR) from Morogoro region to Makutupora in Dodoma ...