Tanzania invests $56.2m in Tanga-Ruvu railway line
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News
The Tanzanian government has bought $56.2 million worth of equipment to rehabilitate 188 kilometres of the metre-gauge railway line between Tanga and Ruvu Junction. Deputy Minister for Transport David Kihenzile told Parliament that the overhaul is to precede preparations for an extension towards Kilimanjaro and Arusha, Daily News reports.
The Tanzanian government has bought $56.2 million worth of equipment to rehabilitate 188 kilometres of metre-gauge railway between Tanga and Ruvu Junction. Deputy Minister for Transport David Kihenzile announced this in Parliament in Dodoma on Tuesday, the Tanzanian daily Daily News reports.
The equipment was acquired during the 2025-2026 financial year. The works are intended to prepare for an extension of the line towards the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions, to improve passenger and freight transport and support activity at the port of Tanga.
David Kihenzile said the project could also make it easier for visitors arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport for the Africa Cup of Nations to travel by train. Tanga Urban MP Kassimu Mbaraka had asked the government about its plans to improve the line between the port and the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions to increase the volume of freight carried through Tanga.
