Vossloh has won a contract to supply switches and fastening systems for a new railway line in Tanzania that will connect the city of Dar es Salaam on the east coast with Lake Victoria in the interior of the country.
Vossloh secured the contract for Sections 3 and 4, with a total value of approximately EUR 30 million. These are the Makutupora–Tabora and Tabora–Isaka sections, covering a distance of 424 km. For these sections, Vossloh is supplying approximately 130 sets of switches and 840,000 sets of ties for the rail fastening systems. The switches will be manufactured in Ystad, Sweden, and the fastening systems will be supplied from Vossloh’s “Factory of the Future” in Werdohl, Germany.
The Makutupora–Tabora section (Lot 3) is 294 km long, and the Tabora–Isaka section (Lot 4) is 130 km long; these are key segments of Tanzania’s plan to build a standard-gauge railway corridor.
The line will connect the capital, Dodoma, with the western regions. Built by Yapi Merkezi, these sections are part of the broader Dar es Salaam–Mwanza line.
The two standard-gauge sections are being built by the Yapi Merkezi construction group under a contract awarded by the Tanzania Railways Corporation.
Tanzania’s new line connects the country from east to west
The new line in Tanzania is part of a large-scale project to develop an electrified standard-gauge railway system in Tanzania. The goal is to significantly reduce travel times and, in the long term, connect neighboring countries to strengthen regional trade.
The standard-gauge railway (SGR) will connect Tanzania, from the port of Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to the port of Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria in the north of the country, and from there will continue to the neighboring countries of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The entire corridor is 2,000 km long and consists of six sections:
1: Dar es Salaam – Morogoro (300 km). The contract was awarded to the consortium of Yapı Merkezi and Mota Engil Africa, and the line was inaugurated in 2024;
2: Morogoro – Makutupora (422 km) was built by Yapı Merkezi and also inaugurated in 2024;
3: Makutupora – Tabora (294 km) is also being built by the Turkish company Yapı Merkezi, and the line could be completed in 2027;
4: Tabora – Isaka (130 km) is also being built by Yapı Merkezi and is scheduled for completion in 2028;
5: Isaka – Mwanza (249 km) is being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and China Railway Construction, which could complete the work in 2028;
6: Tabora – Kigoma (506 km) is also being built by Chinese companies – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China Railway Construction Company (CRCC). Work is expected to be completed in 2028.
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