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Browsing: Train in Africa
- On May 1st, 2024, Tanzania launched the first test run of its state-of-the-art electric train.
- Tanzania Railways Corporation’s General Manager Masanja Kadogosa highlighted the project’s significance in fostering economic growth and enhancing transportation efficiency throughout Tanzania and Eastern Africa.
- Tanzania has purchased 10 sets of locomotives and coaches from the Hyundai Rotem Company of South Korea.
Electric train in Tanzania
Tanzanians now can travel a distance of nearly 200km within one hour and 40 minutes, a significant travel time and a long awaited as the nation ushers in transformative railway structures worth $10 billion.
On May 1st, 2024, Tanzania launched the first test run of its state-of-the-art electric train, Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from the nation’s commercial pulse Dar es Salaam to its capital Dodoma.
Then came the second experience on July 15th, when the first electric train, transporting ,400 passengers from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam …