Tanzania Railway Corporation

<p>Tanzania is constructing the high speed electric standard gauge railway line from Isaka to Rusumo connects Keza in Kigali (371 Km)</p>

<p>Tanzania is constructing the high speed electric standard gauge railway line from the port of Dar es Salaam to the inland Lake Victoria (at Mwanza) (1219 Km) with a target speed for passenger trains travelling at up to 160kph and cargo trains at up to 120kph and a branch from Isaka to Rusumo connects Keza in Kigali (371 Km)</p>

<p>The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania. </p>

<p>The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania. </p>

The railway line will provide connectivity from Mtwara Port to Liganga Iron Ore fields located about 874km west of Mtwara Port. The studies made an estimation reserve size of between 200 - 2000 million tones at Liganga. And also provide connectivity from Mtwara Port to Mchuchuma coal fields located 946km from Mtwara around Lake Nyasa in the South-western part of the country. Mineral reserves in Mchuchuma coal fields are estimated 159 million tones as proven and 377 million tones as inferred.

Construction of a new railway line from Mtwara Port to Songea - Mbamba Bay with spurs to the mineral fields of Mchuchuma and Liganga, south west of Tanzania (approx 1,000km).