Tanzania to get new SGR electric trains November
Monday July 19 2021
By THE CITIZEN
Summary
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).
This is according to Works and Transport Minister Dr Leonard Chamuriho, who spoke this week after overseeing signing of the contract between TRC and Hyundai Rotem.
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).
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Simiyu residents excited by Isaka-Mwanza SGR project
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Simiyu residents excited by Isaka-Mwanza SGR project
RESIDENTS of Malampaka in Maswa District, Simiyu region have been extolling the benefits of the proposed 349km Phase V of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to be constructed from Mwanza to Isaka, including employment opportunities and economic growth.
Works and Transport Minister Dr Leonard Chamuriho.
Speaking before Works and Transport Minister Dr Leonard Chamuriho, one of the residents, Mzee Juma Saidi said they were prepared to participate in taking care of the equipment to be used in the construction work.
“We have already mobilised ourselves to work, as we have already seen the arrival of part of the equipment, we are ready to work hard to get income, but we shall also involve ourselves in the creation of history through the project,” he added.