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[PHOTOS] Inside Dar es Salaam SGR station as TZ test-drives electric train

The new SGR is intended to replace the old, inefficient metre-gauge railway system.

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by JAMES MBAKA

In-pictures23 April 2024 - 19:16
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  • The train covers 160 kilometres per hour and takes four hours from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
  • Among the features offered inside the train is free Wifi.
Passengers board the Tanzania electric train for the test drive from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma on April 22, 2024.

Tanzania on Monday started testing its Electric Train with the maiden trip from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.

Videos shared online by a traveller of the Dar es Salaam SGR station and inside the train are a marvel to be reckoned with.

Among the features offered inside the train is free Wifi.

The train covers 160 kilometres per hour and takes four hours from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.

The speed might change in due time as it was in the testing stage.

The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway links the country to the neighbouring countries of RwandaUganda and Burundi, and through these to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The new SGR is intended to replace the old, inefficient metre-gauge railway system.

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