Tanzania standard gauge rail to use electric trains

[John Ashworth]

Tanzania standard gauge rail project to use Hyundai electric trains

Hyundai Rotem, the manufacturing company that is part of South Korea-based Hyundai Group, has won a $296 million contract to supply 80 electric multiple units (EMUs) and 17 electric locomotives to Tanzania...

Hyundai Rotem Wins Order For Electric Trains And Electric Locomotives In Tanzania

Hyundai Rotem announced on 6 July that it had won a bid for 80 electric trains and 17 electric locomotives, worth about 335.4 billion, ordered by the Tanzania Railway Corporation. The electric car is worth 215.7 billion and the electric locomotive is worth 119.7 billion, to be delivered by 2024. These will be the first eco-friendly electric trains operating in Tanzania, where diesel trains have been operated...

[John Ashworth]

Tanzania to get new SGR electric trains November

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has said it will receive the first batch of the 42 electric trains it had ordered by November this year. Arrival of the locomotives, which are Tanzania's first electric trains, means that the country can soon start operating the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)...

“Earlier, we procured 42 electric locomotives from Germany and South Korea. Once they arrive in November, testing of the SGR section from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro will commence”...