Tanzania completes trial runs for Chinese-made SGR cargo wagons

Published: March 12,2025

An electric SGR train stops at Dar es Salaam Station in Tanzania on Aug. 1, 2024. (Photo by
Emmanuel Herman/Xinhua)

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Monday announced the successful
completion of trial runs for 264 Chinese-made cargo wagons for standard gauge
railway (SGR) electric trains.
The TRC said in a statement that the Land Transport Regulatory Authority has
confirmed that the 264 cargo wagons meet the required standards after one
month of trial runs along the SGR route between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma via
Morogoro.
 According to the statement, the wagons imported in December 2024 are part of
1,430 cargo wagons to be made by China’s CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. Of

the 264 wagons, 200 will be used for ferrying containers and 64 for carrying loose
cargo. The date for commercial operations of the cargo wagons will be announced
in due course.
On Aug. 1, 2024, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan officially launched
commercial passenger operations of the SGR electric train services from Dar es
Salaam to Dodoma via Morogoro. TRC Director General Masanja Kadogosa said
the entire SGR project will cover 1,596 km from Dar es Salaam to the Mwanza
region, and upon completion, the modern rail link will cut travel time significantly
and boost economic development in Tanzania and across the region. 

Xinhua