update (25 October 2022): TAZARA has resumed cross-border services between New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania today.
Following three weeks of assessing the suitability of the Chambeshi Railway Brigde for full train operations and the temporary suspension of passenger services in Zambia due to a goods train accident that occurred in a curve between Msanza Station and Kapwila Station in the Nakonde District on 22 September 2022, the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has now announced the resumption of full passenger train operations in Zambia and Tanzania. The Mukuba Passenger Train in Zambia will start running through to New Kapiri Mposhi from 13 October 2022. In addition, the Mukuba Passenger Train and the Kilimanjaro Passenger Train will both resume their cross-border services between New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, respectively, on 18 October 2022. Safe travels!
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| Chambeshi Railway Bridge © TAZARA |
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) is a bi-national railway, jointly owned by the Government of Tanzania and the Government of Zambia on an equal share-holding basis. The 1,860 km-rail runs from Tanzania and East Africa’s major seaport of Dar es Salaam into the heart of Zambia's Central Province, terminating at New Kapiri-Mposhi, where it is further linked by road and rail to Zambia's capital city, Lusaka (about 200 km), Zambia's mining nerve centre, the Copperbelt province (about 100 km) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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