The African Development Bank Group has granted approval for financing structures worth $696.41 million for Burundi and Tanzania, marking the commencement of Phase II of the Joint Tanzania-Burundi-DR Congo Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. The funding provided by the Bank Group will support the construction of 651 kilometers of the […]
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Minister of Construction and Transport Tanzania Prof. Makame Mbarawa accompanied by the Minister of Infrastructure of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC Alexis Gusaro along with other leaders from the DRC have visited the SGR Station building in Dar es Salaam, November 2022. Prof. Makame Mbarawa has said that the […]
The Tanzania Railways – TRC has participated in the 11th conference and exhibition of Railway Organizations in the SADC Zone (SARA RAIL conference and Exhibition 2022) which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 26th to the 28th of October, 2022. This year’s conference and exhibition have a message […]
The Tanzania Railway Corporation – TRC has launched practical training for TRC executives to be provided by fifteen (15) experts from the Korean Railway Corporation – KORAIL, in the meeting hall at the TRC headquarters in Dar es Salaam on September 28, 2022. The Director General of the Tanzania Railways, […]
Burundi and the DRC had signed on Saturday August 20, 2022 in Kinshasa in the DRC a bilateral agreement for implementation financing and a request for financing to be sent to the AfDB for the feasibility studies for the construction of the standard gauge railway, Gitega-Bujumbura-Uvira-Kindu section.
The event is also granting bursaries for applicants from LIC. Interested applicants can act in line with the information on the flyer below:
The railway project is expected to connect from Tanzania through the central corridor Uvinza-Musongati-Gitega-Bujumbura-Uvira and Kindu will see Burundi’s direct access to the coastline.
The Director General of Tanzania Railways Masanja Kadogosa and Erden Arioglu, the Deputy Chairman of Yapi Merkezi signed a USD 1.9 billion (TZS 4.4 trillion) contract for the construction of Makutupora – Tabora line, part of the Standard Gauge Railway network. The ceremony was held at State House grounds in […]