Atlas Corridor
Component

Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway Phase 2

railway

Cities

Morogoro
Tanzania, United Republic of
Makutopora
Tanzania, United Republic of

Distance

426km
new
426km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$1.9b
$1,900,000,000

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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$1460000000 loan
Standard Chartered PLC Bank

Operators

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Tanzania Railway Corporation
Company

Contractors

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Yapı Merkezi Holding A.Ş.
Company