Tanzania: Year in Review - 2019 and the New Impetus for Tanzania's Rail Sector

Dar es Salaam — After being dormant for over two decades, the railway sector has now received a new breath of life following a number initiatives to revamp both the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) and the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC).

The governments of Tanzania and Zambia agreed this year to finance the re-capitalisation of the 1,860km Chinese-built railway line running from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia in October during the 63rd meeting of the Tazara Council of Ministers.

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