Tanzania has received delivery of the first batch of electric locomotives that will run on the newly built standard gauge railway (SGR) that is due to start operations in July.
A set of five electric multiple unit trains and three passenger coaches arrived in the country last week and were received by the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC).
The locomotives, acquired from Hyundai Rotem in South Korea, can carry up to 589 passengers and travel at average speeds of 160km per hour.
Tanzania signed a $295.74 million deal with the Korean manufacturer on July 14, 2021, for the delivery of 17 locomotives, 10 sets of EMUs and one electric locomotive simulator.
“Additional sets of EMU trains are expected to arrive on a monthly basis up to October this year,” the Minister for Transport Professor Makame Mbarawa said while receiving the units at the port of Dar es Salaam.
Source- The East African
