Central Line (Tanzania)

Tanzania Central Line
Overview
Termini	Dar es Salaam
Website	https://www.trc.co.tz/
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Tanzania Railways Corporation
History
Commenced	1905
Technical
Line length	2,707 km (1,682 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Route map Legend Dar es Salaam Pugu Mpiji Soga Ngeta Ruvu Kwala Msua Kidugalo Ngerengere Kinoko Mikese Kingolwira Morogoro Masimbu Mkata Kimamba Kilosa Munisigara Mzaganza Kidete Godegode Gulwe Msagali Igandu Munase Kikombo Humwa Dodoma Zuzu Kigwe Bahi Kintinku Makutopora Saranda Manyoni Aghondi Itigi Kitaraka Kazikazi Karangasi Tura Malongwe Nyahua Goweko Igalula Itulu Tabora Lulangulu Mabama Usoke Urambo Kaliua Kombe Usinge Nguruka Malagarasi Ilunde Uvinza Lugufu Kazuramimba Kandaga Kalege Luiche Kigoma

The Central Line (‹See Tfd›German: Mittellandbahn), formerly known as the Tanganyika Railway (‹See Tfd›German: Tanganjikabahn) 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. Extensions of the central route branch to the cities of Mwanza on Lake Victoria, Tanga, Singida and Mpanda.

In 2017, Tanzania began the Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway project, which will construct a standard gauge (1435 mm) line parallel to the meter-gauge (1000 mm) Central Line between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, with a new route branching northwest at Isaka to Kigali in Rwanda.