Railways

total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

• Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) [1]
• Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA): 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 [2]

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Burundi - no - proposed
• Kenya - yes - 1000mm
• Malawi - no
• Mozambique - no
• Rwanda - no - proposed
• Uganda - yes via Kenya
• Zambia - yes - 1000mm/1067mm break-of-gauge

Highways

total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes

Pipelines

gas 5 km; oil 866 km (2003)

Ports and harbors

Indian Ocean

• Dar es Salaam
• Zanzibar

Inland

• Isaka Dry Port - railhead for Burundi and Rwanda.

Lake Victoria

• Bukoba
• Mwanza - railhead

Lake Tanganika

• Kigoma - railhead

Other

• Kilwa Masoko
• Lindi
• Mtwara
• Pangani
• Wete

Merchant marine

total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,781 GRT/33,805 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (2002 est.)

Airports

123 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways

total:11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2002 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 34 (2002)

References

See also

• Tanzania
• Kilimanjaro International Airport