Tanzania Railway Corporation

Tanzania Railway Corporation
Two diesel locomotives pull a passenger train into Dar es Salaam's main railway station.
Operation
National railway	Tanzania
System length
Total	2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi)
Track gauge
Main	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Electrification
Main	None

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks.

When the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, TRC was formed to take over its operations in Tanzania. In 1997 the inland shipping division became a separate company.

TRC's gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) and the length about 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi). Two east-west lines linking the coast and the hinterland were built under colonial rule as German East Africa: the Central Line runs from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma, and the Tanga Line from Tanga to Arusha. A north-south connection, from Korogwe to Morogoro, links the two lines. The main line runs to Lake Victoria where a connection operates via Lake Victoria train ferries with the Uganda Railway. From the Tanga line a line to Kenya is disused.

There is a break-of-gauge at Dar es Salaam to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) line to Zambia. A second link is at Kidatu, where the TAZARA line meets the Kidatu branch.