Classic route
Tanzania SGR
Dar es Salaam → Dodoma · Tanzania
East Africa’s first electric railway: 160 km/h from Dar’s Indian Ocean humidity to the capital in under four hours, opened 2024 and already packed.
How this line was checked
- The 447 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 10133722 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.1% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Tanzania Railways Corporation — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Tanzania SGR?
The Tanzania SGR runs 460 km from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
How long does the Tanzania SGR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 42 min for the 460 km. That is an average of 124 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Tanzania SGR?
Tanzania Railways Corporation, with CRRC EMU & loco-hauled sets.
How old is the Tanzania SGR?
The line has been in service since 2024. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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