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Railways Tanzania, in 36 editions.
The entry for Tanzania published Railways in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 26 editions. Each is shown as published. Railways in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 26
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Railroads” (1990 to 1995) and “Railways” (1996 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,555 km total;
- 960 km 1.067-meter gauge;
- 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km double track, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge;
- 115 km 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade
3,555 km total; 960 km 1.067-meter gauge; 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km double track, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge; 115 km 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,555 km total;
- 960 km 1.067-meter gauge;
- 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km double track, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge;
- 115 km 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade
3,555 km total; 960 km 1.067-meter gauge; 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km
double track, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge; 115 km 1.000-meter
gauge planned by end of decade
Published as “Railroads”
- 3,555 km total;
- 960 km 1.067-meter gauge (including the 962 km Tazara Railroad);
- 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, including 6.4 km double track;
- 115 km of 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade
3,555 km total; 960 km 1.067-meter gauge; gauge (including the 962 km Tazara
Railroad); 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, including 6.4 kmtrack, 962 km Tazara Railroad 1.067-meter gauge; track; 115 km 1.000-meter
of 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade
Published as “Railroads”
- 969 km total;
- all of 1.067-meter gauge;
- connects with Zambia railroad at Tazara
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
969 km total; all of 1.067-meter gauge; connects with Zambia railroad
at Tazara
Published as “Railroads”
- total:
- 2,600 km;
- note - not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation is the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri M'poshi in Zambia;
- 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia;
- because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge
Rewritten: too little of the 1994 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 2,600 km; note - not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation is
the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860
km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri
M'poshi in Zambia; 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia;
because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to
Tanzania Railways
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge
- total:
- 3,569 km (1995)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge;
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge note:: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri M'poshi in Zambia is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation;
- 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia;
- because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways
total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km; note - not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation is km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note:: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which
operates 1,860
Salaam and New KapiriZambia; Zambia is not a part of Tanzania
Railways Corporation; 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia;
Zambia; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not
connect to
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge
- total :
- 3,569 km (1995)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New 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
total: total : 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gaugenote:: note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which
1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es
Kapiri M'poshi Mposhi in Zambia is not a part of Tanzania (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km
Railways Corporation;
are in
Zambia;
of the difference in gauge, this system does not
Railways
- total:
- 3,569 km (1995)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New 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
total : total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates
1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New
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
- total:
- 3,569 km (1995)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which 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
total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates
1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New
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
because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania
Tanzania Railways
- total:
- 3,569 km (1995)
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which 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
total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates
- total:
- 3,569 km (1995) narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge;
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which 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
total: 3,569 km (1995)
- total:
- 3,569 km
- narrow gauge:
- 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which 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 (2001)
total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which 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 (2001)
- total:
- 3,690 km
- narrow gauge:
- 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)
Rewritten: too little of the 2002 text remains to mark the changes.
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)
- total:
- 3,690 km
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) (2003)
- total:
- 3,690 km
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2003) (2004)
- total:
- 3,690 km
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2004) (2005)
The same text in 2007 and 2008.
- total:
- 3,690 km
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) (2006)
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- total:
- 3,689 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 46
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total: 3,690
3,689 km
country comparison to the world:
46
narrow gauge:
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) (2008)
- total:
- 3,689 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 45
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)
total:
3,689 km
country comparison to the world:46 45
narrow gauge:
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008) (2010)
- total:
- 3,689 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 45
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total:
3,689 km
country comparison to the world:
45
narrow gauge:
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2010) (2008)
- total:
- 3,689 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 46
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total:
3,689 km
country comparison to the world:45 46
narrow gauge:
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
- total:
- 3,689 km
- country comparison to the world:
- 47
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total:
3,689 km
country comparison to the world:46 47
narrow gauge:
969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
- total:
- 4,567 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 47
total:
3,689country comparison to the world:narrow gauge:
47
9692,720 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2008) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 47
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- total:
- 4,567 km
- narrow gauge:
- 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
- country comparison to the world:
- 40
total: 4,567 km
narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 47 40
- total:
- 4,567 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
2707 1.000-m gauge
total: 4,567 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)country comparison to the world: 40 2707 1.000-m gauge
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- total:
- 4,567 km (2014)
- narrow gauge:
1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
2707 km 1.000-m gauge
total: 4,567 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
2707 km 1.000-m gauge
The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.
- total:
- 4,097 km (2022)
- standard gauge:
- 421 km (2022)
- narrow gauge:
- 969 km (2022) 1.067 m gauge
- broad gauge:
- 2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage
total: 4,567 4,097 km (2014) (2022)
standard gauge: 421 km (2022)
narrow gauge: 1,860 969 km 1.067-m (2022) 1.067 m gauge (2014)2707 broad gauge: 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2022) 1.000 m guage
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Tanzania: Railways.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tanzania/railways.