Tanzania: Chinese Firms to Construct Standard Gauge Railway Lines

CHINESE consortium has been awarded a contract to build a 2,561 km (1,536 miles) standard gauge railway connecting Dar es Salaam port to land-locked neighbours at a cost of 7.6 billion US dollars.

The Minister for Transport, Samuel Sitta said in Parliament on Saturday that a consortium of Chinese railway companies led by China Railway Materials (CRM) has been picked to build the railway line.

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