Tanzania Railways Corporation

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Tanzania Railways Corporation
Two diesel locomotives pull a passenger train into Dar es Salaam's main railway station.
Operation
National railwayTanzania
System length
Total2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi)
Track gauge
Main1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification
MainNone
TRC standard gauge railway under construction.

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a

state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks. the Headquarters are located in Mchafukoge, Ilala District, Dar es Salaam Region
.

When the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, TRC was formed to take over its operations in Tanzania. In 1997 the inland shipping division became a separate company.

MGR

In November 2021, TRC received the three modern locomotives (H10 series) worth Sh22 billion to strengthen their Metre-gauge railway (MGR) line, ordered from Malaysia.[1]

Rail network

TRC passenger train departing in Dodoma.

TRC's

Kenya Railways
. From the Tanga line a line to Kenya is disused.

Railways in Tanzania.

There is a

TAZARA
line meets the Kidatu branch.

Former Marine Division

TRC inherited ferry and

Lake Nyasa and some ships on Lake Victoria
.

TRC introduced MV Bukoba on Lake Victoria in about 1979,[2] MV Mwongozo on Lake Tanganyika in 1982[3] and passenger and cargo ship MV Serengeti on Lake Victoria in 1988.[4]

On 21 May 1996 Bukoba sank in 25 metres (14 fathoms) of water about 30 nautical miles (56 km) off

master and the manager of the Marine Division.[2]

In 1997 the Marine Division became a separate company, Marine Services Company Limited.[5]

Rail accidents

On 24 June 2002 the

Igandu train disaster killed 281 people, the second highest number of deaths in a train disaster in Africa (the highest being the Awash rail disaster
).

Privatisation, re-nationalization and recent plans

In 2007

RITES Ltd of India won a contract from the Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) to operate passenger and freight trains on a concession basis for 25 years.[6] 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 owning a 49% stake.[7]

There were moves to abandon the contract "due in part, to the fact that the Indian investor failed to pay over USD 6 million in concession fees to the Tanzania government in 2008" but RITES officials countered noting that the contract "misled Rites officials by indicating that the Railway Assets Holding Company (Rahco) was in possession of 92 working locomotives when, in actuality, only 55 existed".[8] In 2010, the government terminated the contract and resumed control.[9]

In 2007 the Deputy Minister for Infrastructure

standard gauge.[citation needed
]

Sleepers

In 2008 tenders were sought for 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-gauge steel sleepers convertible to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge[10] and for concrete sleeper plant for dual 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauges.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Malaysian firm to invest in locomotive assembly plant in Tanzania". The Citizen. 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Arai Shin-Ichi (30 May 1996). "Lake Victoria tragedy, Tanzania in May 21". Arai's Zanzibar, Tanzania Page. Arai Shin-Ichi. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. ^ "MV. Mwongozo". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ^ "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ^ Rites Consortium to run railway in 2007
  7. ^ "October start for Tanzania rail concession". Railway Gazette International. 12 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
  8. ^ Tanzania Railways Ltd Recapitalization Archived 19 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine TanzaniaInvest, 17 August 2009
  9. The East African
    . 22 March 2010.
  10. ^ "SUPPLY OF STEEL RAILWAY SLEEPERS, SHOULDERS, AND PANDROL CLIPS (IFB 2/2008) - dgMarket". www.dgmarket.ro. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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