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Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway Phase 6
railway
Cities
Tabora
Tanzania, United Republic of
Kigoma
Tanzania, United Republic of
Distance
506km
new
506kmrehabilitated
– kmexisting
– kmCost
$2.2b
$2,200,000,000
Phases
underConstruction, 2026
Objective
Description
This Tabora-Kigoma railway will open up Tanzania and connect it with Democratic Republic of Congo where there is a lot of cargo that needs to be transported through our [Dar es Salaam] port,” said Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan during the signing of the contract in December 2022Finance
$ loan
African Development Bank
Development bank
Operators
Tanzania Railway Corporation
Company
Contractors
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd
Construction company
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
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