Transportation in Tanzania
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Railways
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)
- Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) [1] (http://www.trctz.com/networkmain.htm)
- Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA): operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia); is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways [2] (http://www.tazara.co.tz/level0/network/main.html)
Railway links with adjacent countries
- Burundi - no - proposed
- Kenya - yes - 1000mm
- Malawi - no
- Mozambique - no
- Rwanda - no - proposed
- Uganda - yes via Kenya
- Zambia - yes - 1000mm/1067mm break-of-gauge
Highways
total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)
Waterways
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes
Pipelines
gas 5 km; oil 866 km (2003)
Ports and harbors
Indian Ocean
Inland
- Isaka Dry Port - railhead for Burundi and Rwanda.
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganika
Other
Merchant marine
total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,781 GRT/33,805 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (2002 est.)
Airports
123 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways
total:11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 34 (2002)
References
Some information in this article has been taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.