Railway stations in Tanzania

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Railway stations in Tanzania include:

Maps

Towns served by rail

Tanzania Railways Corporation

( all gauge)

Central Line

Kidatu Line

Mwanza Line

Mpanda Line

Singida Line

Link Line

Tanga line

Proposed extensions

Standard Gauge

Mtwara Line (Southern Province Railway) - (defunct)

In 1949 a line was built to link the Tanganyika groundnut scheme plantations around Nachingwea with the port of Mtwara. The scheme famously foundered and the railway was abandoned in 1962. Proposals have been made for a new railway to link Mtwara to iron ore deposits in the west, perhaps linking via Songea to Liganga.

Island of Unguja

A short line lasted from 1879 to 1888.

Mtwara (rebuilt)

TAZARA Railway

Formerly also called TanZam Railway. gauge to match Zambian/Southern African networks.

Rehabilitation

Gauge

and are too close to allow 3-rail dual gauge; you have to have 4-rail dual gauge. But if you have 4-rail gauge, then you can include gauge (standard gauge) at the cost of slightly longer sleepers.

Container port

The container port at Dar es Salaam is served by both and railway gauge tracks.

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