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won a contract from the Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) to operate passenger and freight trains on a concession basis for 25 years. The concession agreement was signed on 3 September 2007, to begin on 1 October 2007. The railway will be run as Tanzania Railway Ltd, with the government
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In November 2021, TRC received the three modern locomotives (H10 series) worth Sh22 billion to strengthen their
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killed 281 people, the second highest number of deaths in a train disaster in Africa (the highest being the
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Two diesel locomotives pull a passenger train into Dar es Salaam's main railway station.
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sank in 25 metres (14 fathoms) of water about 30 nautical miles (56 km) off
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but RITES officials countered noting that the contract
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In 1997 the Marine Division became a separate company,
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was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between
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A north-south connection, from 220:TRC passenger train departing in 888:Metre gauge railways in Tanzania 588:East African Railway Master Plan 495:In 2008 tenders were sought for 385:on Lake Victoria in about 1979, 84:2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) 883:1977 establishments in Tanzania 742:Marine Services Company Limited 717:Marine Services Company Limited 688:Marine Services Company Limited 583:Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway 426:Marine Services Company Limited 806:TanzaniaInvest, 17 August 2009 658:Arai's Zanzibar, Tanzania Page 652:Arai Shin-Ichi (30 May 1996). 351:line meets the Kidatu branch. 1: 868:Railway companies of Tanzania 779:Railway Gazette International 143:Tanzania Railways Corporation 35:Tanzania Railways Corporation 294:where a connection operates 909: 598:Rail transport in Tanzania 402:on Lake Victoria in 1988. 27:Tanzanian railroad company 48: 39: 527:3 ft 6 in 359:TRC inherited ferry and 337:3 ft 6 in 327:at Dar es Salaam to the 593:Central Line (Tanzania) 802:19 August 2010 at the 355:Former Marine Division 343:. 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Index

Tanzanian Railways


Tanzania
Track gauge
Electrification
state-owned enterprise
Tanzania
Mchafukoge
Ilala District
Dar es Salaam Region
East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Metre-gauge railway
Dodoma
gauge
German East Africa
Central Line
Dar es Salaam
Kigoma
Tanga Line
Tanga
Arusha
Korogwe
Ruvu
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
train ferries

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