Phase-I of standard gauge railway (SGR) between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro Tanzania is set to commence operations soon.
The procurement process for 1,430 cargo wagons, 20 locomotives, 60 passenger carriages and five sets of multiple trains has been completed paving the way for operations.
The first trials of these speed trains will be conducted in July 2019 to cover part of the 300 km. Once this is done operations will begin by December 2019. The construction of Phase-I will cost USD 1.9 billion. The tests will be the first for the ambitious project that Dar es Salaam has been pushing since April 2017.
In operation, the trains are expected to reach speeds of 160 km per hour.