This new 282km (175-mile) standard gauge railway (SGR) aims to transport ... the train’s inaugural journey. "Tanzania, Burundi sign $2.15bn railway construction deal with Chinese firms" was ...

Tanzania and Burundi have entered into an agreement with two Chinese companies to construct a railway line to transport metals ...

Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last ...

She said the construction of the SGR railway project will be undertaken in tandem with the upgrading of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority railway, which covers 1,860 km and connects the Dar es ...

DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) has signed a 2.13 billion US dollars (about 5.38tri/-) construction contract with a Chinese consortium to build a key section of the electric ...

signed a contract with China Civil Engineering Construction (CCECC) to build this line in December 2022. For detailed data on African rail projects, subscribe to IRJ Pro. The June 2024 edition of IRJ ...

Dar es Salaam. The governments of Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement to commence the construction of a 282-kilometre modern railway between Uvinza and Musongati. The standard gauge railway ...