Editing Transport in Tanzania (section)

==Rail transport==
[[File:Railways in Tanzania.svg|thumb|right|<span style="color:#D93C38">━━━</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Tanzania Railways]]
<br><span style="color:#FF8938">━━━</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;[[TAZARA Railway]]]]
{{main|Rail transport in Tanzania|History of rail transport in Zanzibar}}

In 2008 Tanzania had {{convert|3689|km|mi|abbr=on}} of rail, ranking it 46th in the world by length It includes {{convert|2720|km|mi|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}} Metre gauge and {{convert|969|km|mi|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|1067mm}} [[Rail gauge|gauge]] track. On 31 March 2015 the Tanzanian government announced it would use $14.2 billion of commercial loans to build new rail infrastructure across the country before 2021 and make the country a regional transport hub.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-03-31 |title=African Markets - Factors to watch on March 31 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/africa-factors-idUSL6N0WX0EG20150331 |access-date=2023-11-06}}</ref>

===Tanzania Railways===
{{Main|Tanzania Railways}}

Proposals have been made for a railway to link Mtwara to [[iron ore]] deposits in the west, possibly connecting to [[Mbeya]].

The central line between [[Kigoma]] and [[Dar es Salaam]] carries international freight and passengers in transit from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda to the [[Indian Ocean]], and the branch from [[Tabora]] to [[Mwanza]] carries freight and passengers between [[Uganda]] and the Indian Ocean.

[[Isaka|Isaka Dry Port]] is a small town and station on the [[Mwanza]] Line at its intersection with the paved highway to [[Kigali]]. It has been developed into a so-called 'dry port' for trans-shipping [[Transportation in Burundi|Burundi]]an and [[Transportation in Rwanda|Rwanda]]n road freight onto freight trains for the seaport of [[Dar es Salaam]]. There are proposals to build a railway from [[Isaka]] to [[Rwanda]]/[[Burundi]].<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web| url = http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2407&Itemid=35| title = Railways Africa - STANDARD GAUGE FOR RWANDA<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

===TAZARA Railway===
[[File:Rovos Rail on TAZARA track across Mpanga River.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rovos Rail]], a [[luxury train]] entering a tunnel on the TAZARA line]]
{{Main|TAZARA Railway}}

The '''Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority''' (TAZARA), formerly also called ''TanZam Railway'' operates {{convert|1860|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|1067mm}} [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] track (matching Zambian/Southern African networks) between [[Dar es Salaam]] and [[Kapiri Mposhi]] in [[Zambia]], of which {{convert|969|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=or}} is in [[Tanzania]] and {{convert|891|km|mi|0|abbr=on|disp=or}} in [[Zambia]]). It is not a part of [[Tanzania Railways Corporation]], and because of the difference in gauge there is no rail connection between the networks.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tazara.co.tz/| title = TAZARA}}</ref>  There is a container trans-shipment yard to transfer [[Intermodal container|freight containers]] between TAZARA and Tanzania Railways Corporation  at [[Kidatu]] near [[Morogoro]]. This allows containers to be shipped from as far as [[Uganda]] and [[Kenya]] via the Lake Victoria [[Train ferry|train ferries]] and the Kidatu yard to the [[Southern African]] rail network via Zambia.

* [[Dar es Salaam]] - ocean port -  8&nbsp;km from TRC line <ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web| url = http://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/tanzania.html| title = Railways in Tanzania<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>
* [[Kidatu]] - [[break of gauge]] connection with [[Tanzania Railways Corporation]], with a [[Intermodal container|container]] trans-shipment facility
* [[Mbeya]]
* [[Tunduma]] - [[Transport in Zambia|Zambian]] border

===Urban rail===
{{main|Dar es Salaam commuter rail}}