Friends of the Rail Forum

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications, Dr Leonard Chamuriho, said yesterday that the actual construction of the first phase of the SGR which covers Dar es Salaam and Morogoro has reached 77 percent and will be completed this year...

Even though its first phase is not entirely complete due to the ongoing heavy rains that have stalled construction work, the country is ready to move on and buy and test the trains. Unofficial reports say the government of Tanzania has started bidding for trains and is actually in the process of finalising procurement of at least two locomotives already...