Tanzania Railway

completed

IFC''s loan will support the rehabilitation and development of the former TRC system in Tanzania. The railway in Tanzania has historically served as a vital lifeline for a large population in Tanzania and its landlocked neighboring countries. Tanzania has two railway systems, the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) and the Tanzania Zambia Railway (TAZARA). TRC operates on the Central Transport Corridor (CTC), connecting the Port of Dar Es-Salam (DSM) with major urban centers and inland rural areas and serving the central and northern parts of the country as well as transit traffic from the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda (the CBRU Countries). TAZARA originates from the outskirts of DSM and principally serves Zambian traffic and some domestic traffic in Southern Tanzania on the Southern Transport Corridor (STC). In addition to these two operators, there is a third operator called Trans Africa Railway Corporation (TARC) which track access rights to operate international transit traffic originating from Southern Africa and transshipped at KIDATU from TAZARA to TRC railway networks, TARC has not moved any transshipment cargo in the year 2006.TRL’s rehabilitation and development program will be executed in five, five-year phases over the life of the concession. The first phase, to be partially funded by IFC, will include:- the rehabilitation of fixed infrastructure including primary and secondary track renewals, ballasting, bridge rehabilitation, and signaling and telecommunication upgrading, - purchasing of track maintenance equipment and trolleys, - capital repairs of rolling stock, and - initial working capital requirements.