The government of Tanzania has awarded the second phase of its strategic medium-speed rail system to Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi. The line will run 422km between the city of Morogoro and Makutupora, on the northern outskirts of Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital.
In February this year, the government also appointed the Istanbul-based firm, along with Mota-Engil of Portugal, to the $1.2bn first stage of the standard gauge link, which will run 207km east to west between the port of Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.   
The design-and-build contract, which is worth $1.9bn, will replace the narrow gauge Tanzanian Railway line between Dar and Dodoma, built when Tanzania was part of German East Africa.

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