Central Line (Tanzania)
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The Central Line, formerly known as the Tanganyika Railway is the most important railway line in Tanzania, apart from TAZARA. It runs west from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika via Dodoma. A branch leads to Mwanza on Lake Victoria.
Kidete railway station
Kigoma railway station, viewed from the station yard in 2010
Mwanza Train Station as seen from the main road in the centre of Mwanza town.
Passenger train in the main station of Dar es Salaam
TAZARA Railway
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The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) long and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
The Tazara locomotive passing through the Selous Game Reserve
The bridge crossing on the Tazara Railway in Zambia in 2009
The Tazara Railway Station in Dar es Salaam
Locomotive on the TAZARA at the Kapiri Mposhi Station in 2012