Transport in Tanzania

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 Towns served by rail 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbours 5.1 Indian Ocean 5.2 Inland 5.3 Lake Victoria 5.4 Lake Tanganika 5.5 Other 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 References 9 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (in three isolated systems); 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

• Not all railways in Tanzania link up.

• Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) [1]
• Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA): operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia); is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways [2]

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Burundi - no - proposed
• DR Congo - via ferry - break of gauge 1000mm/1067mm
• Kenya - yes - 1000mm same gauge
• Malawi - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1067mm
• Mozambique - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1067mm
• Rwanda - no - proposed
• Uganda - yes - same gauge - via Kenya or via ferry
• Zambia - yes - 1000mm/1067mm break-of-gauge

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

• Railways in southern Africa

[edit] Towns served by rail

• Tabora - junction
• Singida
• Mwanza - inland port
• Kigoma - inland port
• Dodoma
• Dar es Salaam - port - national capital
• Isaka - inland port - proposed junction for line to Rwanda and Burundi

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• Tanga - port
• Moshi
• Arusha - soda ash mining

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• Mtwara - port
• Nachingwea

[edit] Highways

total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes.

[edit] Pipelines

gas 5 km; oil 866 km (2003)

• Tazama Pipeline

[edit] Ports and harbours

[edit] Indian Ocean

• Dar es Salaam
• Mtwara
• Tanga
• Zanzibar

[edit] Inland

• Isaka Dry Port - railhead for Burundi and Rwanda.

[edit] Lake Victoria

• Bukoba
• Mwanza - railhead

[edit] Lake Tanganika

• Kigoma - railhead

[edit] Other

• Kilwa Masoko
• Lindi
• Pangani
• Wete

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,781 GRT/33,805 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (2002 est.)

[edit] Airports

123 (2002)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total:11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 34 (2002)

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2003 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

[edit] See also

• Tanzania

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.