Transport in Tanzania Transport in Tanzania The Central Line is a major railway line in Tanzania. It runs west from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma via Dodoma. A branch leads to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika and from Tabora to Mwanza. The construction of the line opened up trade between Lake Tanganyika and the east coast and spurred the growth of the ports at its termini. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Line (Tanzania)"
The Lake Victoria ferries are and were steam- and diesel-powered ships used for freight and passenger transport between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya on Lake Victoria. The main ports on the lake are Kisumu, Mwanza, Bukoba, Entebbe, Port Bell and Jinja. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Victoria ferries"
The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs a railway net that once was part of the East African Railways Corporation (EARC) operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika. The gauge is 1.000m and the total length is about 2,600 km. Two east-west lines from the coast to the hinterland were initiated when the country was under colonial rule as German East Africa. The Central Line runs from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma, and the Tanga Line from Tanga to Arusha. A north-south connection links both lines. The mainline has further branches, one to Lake Victoria where through wagon ferries a connection exists to the Uganda Railway. From the Tanga line a connection goes north to Kenya to link to the Kenya Railway Corporation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tanzania Railways Corporation"
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority(TAZARA) was established in the 1970's to build a railway to serve landlocked Zambia as an alternative to rail lines via apartheid-controlled Rhodesia and South Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority"
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