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Tanzania sets 2030 target for Mwanza-Dodoma standard-gauge rail link

From The Citizen · () English

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  • Tanzania’s prime minister directed government ministries, the Tanzania Railways Corporation, contractors and financiers to accelerate standard-gauge railway projects linking Mwanza with Dodoma.
  • The government aims to have passengers travel by SGR from Mwanza to Dodoma by 2030.
  • The directive covers the Mwanza-Isaka, Isaka-Tabora, Tabora-Kigoma and Makutupora-Dodoma sections.

Tanzania has set 2030 as the target for passengers to travel by standard-gauge railway from Mwanza to Dodoma, Prime Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba said.

He directed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport to work with the Tanzania Railways Corporation, construction contractors and financiers to accelerate implementation. The goal forms part of efforts to improve transport links between the Lake Zone and Dodoma and support economic development.

Dr Mwigulu issued the directive on Friday, September 4, 2026, while presenting a motion to adjourn the Fourth Session of the 13th Parliament in Dodoma. He called on those involved in construction and funding to work “day and night.”

The sections identified for accelerated work are Mwanza-Isaka, Isaka-Tabora, Tabora-Kigoma and Makutupora-Dodoma. The supplied report ends as the prime minister says, “If possible, by 2030,” without giving further details.

I direct the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport, working with TRC, contractors responsible for constructing these sections and those tasked with mobilising funds, to work day and night.

· Dr Mwigulu NchembaThe Tanzanian prime minister urged ministries, the railway corporation, contractors and financiers to accelerate construction and funding for the SGR sections.
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