Atlas Corridor
Component

Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway Phase 1

railway

Cities

Dar es Salaam
Tanzania, United Republic of
Morogoro
Tanzania, United Republic of

Distance

300km
new
300km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$1.2b
$1,200,000,000

Phases

operational, 2024

Objective

Description

The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway is a railway system, under construction, linking the country to the neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and through these to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the East African Railway Master Plan. The new standard gauge railway (SGR), is intended to replace the old, inefficient metre-gauge railway system.

Finance

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$1200000000 loan
Export Credit Bank of Turkey Bank

Operators

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Tanzania Railway Corporation
Company

Contractors

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Yapı Merkezi Holding A.Ş.
Company
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Mota-Engil SGPS, S.A.
Company