TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has commissioned Systra to lead a feasibility study for a proposed three-line monorail network in Dar es Salaam, where the rapidly growing population is projected to reach 10 million by 2030. The proposed lines are designated Red, Orange and Yellow. The initial pilot section of the Yellow Line would link the central business district to Julius Nyerere International Airport. The study will define the technical requirements, alignments, technology options, costs and preferred implementation model, and help to determine whether a monorail is the most suitable option for the city. Speaking after the first meeting with Systra on September 17, TRC Director General Machibya Shiwa said ‘the feasibility study will provide us with a professional basis to determine the best way to implement the project based on the needs of the citizens and the growth of the city’. He said TRC intends to involve the private sector in the project, to ‘help bring capital, innovation and technology to the construction and operation of modern transport infrastructure’. The project aims to increase business efficiency, help create employment and investment opportunities, increase land values in areas served and reduce the time lost in congestion. ‘All of this is part of the government’s efforts to strengthen urban transport in line with the National Development Vision 2050, which aims to build modern infrastructure and facilitate sustainable growth of cities and the national economy’, said Shiwa.
TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has commissioned Systra to lead a feasibility study for a proposed three-line monorail network in Dar es Salaam, where the rapidly growing population is projected to reach 10 million by 2030.
The proposed lines are designated Red, Orange and Yellow. The initial pilot section of the Yellow Line would link the central business district to Julius Nyerere International Airport.
The study will define the technical requirements, alignments, technology options, costs and preferred implementation model, and help to determine whether a monorail is the most suitable option for the city.
Speaking after the first meeting with Systra on September 17, TRC Director General Machibya Shiwa said ‘the feasibility study will provide us with a professional basis to determine the best way to implement the project based on the needs of the citizens and the growth of the city’.
He said TRC intends to involve the private sector in the project, to ‘help bring capital, innovation and technology to the construction and operation of modern transport infrastructure’.
The project aims to increase business efficiency, help create employment and investment opportunities, increase land values in areas served and reduce the time lost in congestion.
‘All of this is part of the government’s efforts to strengthen urban transport in line with the National Development Vision 2050, which aims to build modern infrastructure and facilitate sustainable growth of cities and the national economy’, said Shiwa.
Source: Railway Gazette
