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Tanzania signs Sh146 billion loan for standard gauge railway construction

Tanzania has signed a $1.46 billion loan agreement with Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania to fund the construction of 550 km (341.75 miles) of standard gauge railway running between the commercial capital and central Tanzania.

Tanzania is building a network of Standard Gauge Railway to replace an existing narrow gauge built more than a century ago.

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