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TRC to use PPP in building Kigoma-Burundi railway line​


08Jul 2022
James Kandoya
DAR ES SALAAM
Business
The Guardian
TRC to use PPP in building Kigoma-Burundi railway line

TANZANIA Railway Corporation (TRC) has opted to use the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the construction of a railway line from Uvinza in Kigoma Region to Gitega city in Burundi (282kilometres).



According to the agreement signed by the Minister’s for Finance and Infrastructure from Burundi and Tanzanian on January 28 this year, Tanzanian’s railway portion will take up 156 km Uvinza-Malagarasi rail section whereas the Burundi part starts from Malagarasi to Musongati and onward to Gitega, which is 126 kms long.

Speaking after touring the 46th Tanzania International Trade Fair 2022 in Dar es Salaam yesterday, TRC director general Masanja Kadogosa said that currently, procurement procedures were underway.

“Private sector in the country including the financial institutions is ready to be part of the coming construction and we are ready to involve them. I call on members from the private sector to get ready and become part of the construction,” he said.

Kadogosa said once the construction was over, the project would unlock trade opportunities between the two countries and with other neighbouring countries.

He said TRC had already completed the renovation of the meter gauge railway - Tanzania - Intermodal & Rail Development Project (TIRP) , a US $ 300 million World Bank-funded project for the revival of the meter-gauge railway network in Tanzania.

The project intended to rehabilitate the meter-gauge railway from Dar es Salaam to Isaka (970km) to increase its capacity of carrying freight from 13.5 tonnes axle load to 18.5 axle loads.

He said one great achievement reached by TRC was expanding the country's rail network with the construction of a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to replace its meter-gauge railway.

Other was to increase in carriage of cargo from 180,000 tonnes to 400,000 tonnes up to date.

Speaking after the signing ceremony early this year, Minister for Finance Dr Mwegulu Nchemba said Tanzania has considerable experience in sourcing for funds for implementing strategic projects of this kind, in like manner as it did in relation to the other parts of the SGR construction, he stated, referring to the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro and then to Makutupora SGR portions.

The proper cost for the Burundi link will be set out after the completion of engineering studies, but it was estimated at around $900m.

Prof Mbarawa said project implementation will start in the near future, billed to bring into use modern fast trains travelling at 160 km/hour or thereabouts.

“This project is important for our country, Burundi as well as Congo DRC that use the port of Dar es Salaam for its imports,” he said, underlining that the completion of the project will simplify cargo transportation.

TRC to use PPP in building Kigoma-Burundi railway line

TANZANIA Railway Corporation (TRC) has opted to use the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the construction of a railway line from Uvinza in Kigoma Region to Gitega city in Burundi (282kilometres).
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Tanzania tests electric train, should Kenya borrow a leaf?

Electric train emits 20-35% less carbon per passenger per km than a diesel train.

In Summary
• Unlike its regional peers like Kenya, Tanzania is moving away from diesel powered trains and on July 4, electric trains started plying the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro route.

• The country procured 42 electric trains from South Korea's Hyundai Rotem which cruise at a speed of 160 km/h.
by EMMANUEL WANJALA
Radio, Print & Digital Reporter
News
06 July 2022 - 12:45
Tanzania's electric wagon being loaded on its tracks.
Tanzania's electric wagon being loaded on its tracks.
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Tanzania's plan to cut carbon emissions by 30-35 per cent by 2030 has taken off on a good start as the country begins test running its new electric rail line.

Unlike its regional peers like Kenya, Tanzania is moving away from diesel-powered trains and on July 4, electric trains started plying the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro route, a distance of 300km.

Tanzania contracted a Turkish firm to build its $1.92 billion (Sh192 billion) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) which runs parallel to the old line and will cover 422 km.

The country procured 42 electric trains from South Korea's Hyundai Rotem which cruise at a speed of 160 km/h.

Kenya's diesel-powered locomotives pale in comparison as they travel at a maximum speed of 120km/h despite having cost $1.7 billion (Sh170 billion) more.

Kenya's SGR was built at US$3.6 billion (Sh360 billion) being among Kenya's most expensive infrastructure projects as at the time it was launched.

Unlike Tanzania, Kenya has committed to cut carbon emissions by 32 per cent by 2030.

But unlike its Tanzanian counterpart, projects such as the diesel-powered SGR whose usage will continue emitting dangerous fumes into the atmosphere may slow the pace a tad higher.

Data from the Rail Safety and Standards board in the UK indicates that diesel locomotives emit more than 90g of carbon dioxide per passenger per kilometre compared to about 45g for an electric train.

Kenya's Madaraka Express passenger train can carry 1,096 people per trip.

This means at full capacity, a single diesel coach can emit up to 47,347 kgs of carbon dioxide for every 480km trip between Nairobi and Mombasa.

In comparison, an electric train has a passenger capacity of 600 which means Tanzania will reduce about 16,200 kg of carbon dioxide per trip per train.

UK’s Department for Transport estimates that an electric train emits between 20-35 per cent less carbon per passenger mile than a diesel train.

This, therefore, posses a challenge to Kenya to consider electrifying the SGR as a key strategy to achieve its carbon reduction goal.

Converting the diesel locomotives into electrical ones is the most viable way for Kenya to deal with this challenge going forward.

Tanzania tests electric train, should Kenya borrow a leaf?

Electric train emits 20-35% less carbon per passenger per km than a diesel train.
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TRC lands 1bn/-to renovate 20 central corridor transit wagons​

July 13, 2022
13Jul 2022
James Kandoya
DAR ES SALAAM
News
The Guardian
TRC lands 1bn/-to renovate 20 central corridor transit wagons

THE Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) and the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA), a multinational stakeholders’ organization, yesterday signed a 1.023bn/- contract for the renovation of 20 wagons to cater for cargo movement.


TRC director general Masanja Kadogosa.
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TRC director general Masanja Kadogosa said at the signing ceremony that the project was being implemented within the wider exercise of involving private sector agencies in increasing carriage wagons for the meter gauge railway line.

TRC signed a 1.35bn/-contract with the World Food Programme (WFP) to renovate 40 wagons back in 2019, with the renovation period set at 24 months, to change damaged covered wagons to flat wagons, he said, noting that the new wagons renovation project chiefly targets corridor member states.

Involving the private sector in TRC operations partly relates to the many construction projects taking place across the country, thus flat wagons will greatly simplify the job, he further noted, elaborating that the government will save money by renovation, taking up 0.5m dollars against the purchasing cost of more than one million dollars.

Upon completion, the wagons will transport goods from Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, with TRC and the Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) contracting the Kampala firm, Roofing Co. for donations of 20 and 60 wagons respectively for renovation and being used in the central corridor.

CCTTFA executive secretary Flory Okandju said that the project would fast track business operations of member states at lower costs while protecting the environment, underlining that enabling TRC to fast-track transit trade in the central corridor was a pointer to prosperity.

“We are so excited to support TRC to ensure the project is completed on time,” the official intoned, while TRC board chairperson Prof John Kondoro said other private sector firms can be part of the conversion and renovation project.

Even after their renovation, the wagons will remain the property of TRC but renovation participants will have priority in hiring, he explained, pointing at a four year old memorandum of understanding (MoU) with WFP which paid $600,000 as a grant, equivalent to 1.3bn/- to renovate 40 cargo wagons.

WFP uses the TRC services to transport merchandise for use in refugee camps and business cargoes to Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan.

TRC lands 1bn/-to renovate 20 central corridor transit wagons

THE Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) and the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA), a multinational stakeholders’ organization, yesterday signed a 1.023bn/- contract for the renovation of 20 wagons to cater for cargo movement.
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