TAZARA Railway

19751,860 kmDar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi

CountryTanzania/Zambia

Year Opened1975

Length1,860 km

RouteDar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi

About TAZARA Railway

The great Uhuru Railway linking landlocked Zambia to the port of Dar es Salaam. Built with Chinese finance and tens of thousands of workers between 1970 and 1975. Gave Zambia a trade route that bypassed apartheid-era borders. One of the largest aid projects of the Cold War era.

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