Railway stations in Tanzania include:
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Red 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge.
Orange 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.
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Maps
edit- UN Map - Tanga and Kidatu lines not shown.
- Railways in southern Africa
- Official map
- UNHCR Map
- Look for the MSN Map at the bottom of pages of many towns, or look for the Map Button at the top and scroll down the MSN map.
Towns served by rail
editTanzania Railways Corporation
edit( all 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge)
Central Line
edit- Dar es Salaam - ocean port - former national capital - 8 km from TAZARA line [1]
- Ruvu (75m) - junction to Tanga line
- Morogoro (510m) - junction to north
- Kilosa (572m) - junction going south to TAZARA
- Gulwe (680m)
- Igandu (985m)
- Dodoma (1148m) - The national capital
- Manyoni (1244m) - junction going north to Singida
- Itigi (1306m)
- Ikungu (1289m)
- Tabora (1212m) - junction going north to Mwanza
- Kaliua (1112m) - junction going south to Mpanda
- Kigoma (775m) - terminal and port on Lake Tanganyika
Kidatu Line
edit- (Not shown on map)
- Kilosa (572m) - junction
- Kidatu (294m) - branch terminus - also served with break of gauge by TAZARA, with a container trans-shipment facility to move freight containers between TAZARA and Tanzania Railways Corporation trains[2]
Mwanza Line
edit- Tabora (1212m) - junction
- Bukene (1188m)
- Isaka (1197m) - 'dry port' and proposed junction for lines to Rwanda and Burundi
- Shinyanga (1126m)
- Mwanza (1209m) - inland port on Lake Victoria
Mpanda Line
editSingida Line
editLink Line
edit- Morogoro (510m) - junction with Central Line
- Ruvu (75m)
- Kitonga (65m)
- Sadani (1m)
- Hale (184m) - junction
- Korogwe (301m) - junction with Tanga Line
Tanga line
edit- Tanga (1m) - ocean port
- Korogwe (301m) - junction to south
- Mkomazi (485m)
- Same (897m)
- Moshi (990m) - junction to north and Kenya
- Arusha (1254m) - soda ash mining
Proposed extensions
edit- September 2007
- Arusha (1254m)
- Musoma (1172m) on Lake Victoria.[3]
- (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge)
- (branch)
- Mutukula
- Musoma - Lake Victoria port
Standard Gauge
edit- Dar es Salaam[4][5]
- Ruvu (74 km) - junction on old line only.
- Freight Yard (93 km)
- Ngerengere (135 km)
- Morogoro (205 km) - end stage one - work started in April 2017.[6]
- Dodoma - capital
- Makutupora - (336 km from previous station)
- Tabora - (294 km)
- Isaka - (133 km) - inland dry port
- Mwanza - (249 km) - port city on Lake Victoria
- Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika
Mtwara Line (Southern Province Railway) - (defunct)
editIn 1949 a line was built to link the Tanganyika groundnut scheme plantations around Nachingwea with the port of Mtwara. The scheme famously foundered and the railway was abandoned in 1962. Proposals have been made for a new railway to link Mtwara to iron ore deposits in the west, perhaps linking via Songea to Liganga.[7]
Island of Unguja
editA short 610 mm (2 ft) line lasted from 1879 to 1888.[8]
Mtwara (rebuilt)
edit- Mtwara (1 m) - port for groundnut scheme
- Lindi (1 m) - potential port [9]
- Nachingwea (380 m) groundnut scheme terminus
- Mchuchuma (____m) - coal
- Songea
- Liganga (1210 m) - iron ore
TAZARA Railway
editFormerly also called TanZam Railway.
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge to match Zambian/Southern African networks.
- Dar es Salaam - ocean port - 8 km from TRC line [1]
- Mzenga (137 m)
- Kisaki (292 m)
- Kidatu (294 m) - break of gauge connection with Tanzania Railways Corporation, with a container trans-shipment facility to move freight containers between TAZARA and Tanzania Railways Corporation trains. on short branch.
- Mang'ula
- Kiberege
- Ifakara (192 m)
- Lwipa
- Mbingu
- Mngeta
- Chita
- Mlimba
- Makambako
- Chimala
- Mbeya (1661 m) - workshops
- Mbozi
- Vwawa (1274 m)
- Tunduma, Tanzania (1301 m)
Rehabilitation
editGauge
edit1,000 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.
Container port
editThe container port at Dar es Salaam is served by both 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway gauge tracks.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Railways in Tanzania
- ^ The EastAfrican
- ^ RailwaysAfrica 3/2007 p 24
- ^ "Tanzania Reveals Priority Projects". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ DSM January 2020 Progress Video; Standard Gauge Railway Line From Dar Es Salaam to Morogoro Project, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-09-27
- ^ "Tanzania launches standard-gauge railway project". International Railway Journal. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Tazara hopes rise on investment plan". Railway Gazette International. 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Railways in Tanzania". sinfin.net. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Transaction Consultants For Mtwara-Mbamba Bay Railway Project Shortlisted". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "TANZANIA: KASANGA PORT FEASIBILITY STUDY". Railways Africa. December 9, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ RailwaysAfrica May 2009, p8
- ^ [1][dead link]