A plan to revamp and extend the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) to four other countries is in the pipeline, according to media sources.
The Kenya Business Daily reports that government officials from Tanzania, China and Zambia met in Dar es Salaam last week to discuss the ailing infrastructure link that runs from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri-Mposhi in Zambia.
The meeting recommended major renovations to the rusty narrow gauge railway line and approved plans to link Tazara to Tanzania’s multibillion-dollar Bagamoyo port, as well as to Malawi, DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
The revamping and extension will be financed by China, although the cost of the project was not disclosed.
