The Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN) is considering a guarantee for financing of equipment and services to the state owned Tanzanian Railway Corporation’s (TRC) project ‘Dar es Salaam to Dodoma Standard Gauge Railway Project’ (SGR Project).
The current SGR project involves construction of approximately 541 km of electrified railway between the cities of Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, largely following the alignment of an existing metre gauge railway built during the early 1900s. The new railway will be used for both passenger and freight traffic. The SGR Project constitutes a first step in realizing the Government of Tanzania’s intention to construct a total of 1,219 km of connecting Dar es Salaam to Mwanza - located on the shore of Lake Victoria.