TANZANIA SGR PROJECT TIMELINE AND ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a railway system, under construction, linking the country to the neighboring countries of Rwanda and Uganda, and through these two, to Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new US $14.2bn Tanzania SGR, is intended to replace the old, inefficient metre-gauge railway system and reduce road congestion. It is also expected to decrease freight costs by 40%. Each freight train is expected to transport up to 10,000 tonnes, equivalent to 500 lorry-loads.

The project is being implemented in 5 phases: 300km Phase 1 (Dar es Salaam–Morogoro) Section, 426km Phase 2 (Morogoro–Makutopora) Section, 435km Phase 3 (Makutopora–Isaka) Section; 220km Phase 4 (Isaka–Mwanza) Section, and 371km Phase 5 (Isaka–Rusumo) Section.

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