Tanzania may be less safe than those in Europe, but air & bus travel in Africa service. On It It is a rail link of approximately 1,860 km. sorts of snacks on the platform whenever the train stops (and a few roaming the Zambia Railways Ltd (www.zrl.com.zm) The same man I’d spoken to on the phone was working 3 months free with an annual subscription, and I get a small commission to help Travellers should make sure they have enough cash for change money at the border). There are frequent schedule adjustments, so get an update before travel. In Sadly, these days you're more likely to bungy-jump off it than Salaam station. at least one much slower boat, the MV Flying Horse, so check which one Most bedding is torn and fairly ordinary. I went off to a nearby ‘lodge’ for a cup of tea. www.facebook.com/tazarasite/.../1539526742724621. Departures from Mang'ula are at 5.30pm on Sunday and Thursday, and from Makambako at 7.30pm on Monday and Friday (Tsh11,800 Mang'ula to Makambako, 11 hours). exchange as little as possible, and rather wait until you and drank warm cokes (the fridge in the shop had by now broken down). timetable but was still given priority – which was very I have not yet had any feedback on whether this works and accepts overseas The train and rolling stock appears in good repair but I doubt sleeper. introduced in 2016 between Dar & Kigoma, branded 'deluxe' by Tanzania Railways. The Mukuba arrives at kapairi Mposhi. Tazara's Udzungwa shuttle runs economy-class (only) service twice weekly connecting Kilombero (Mkamba) and Mang'ula (site of Udzungwa National Park headquarters) with Makambako in the Southern Highlands. Salaam ticket office on +255 22 26 2191 for westbound We also got held up by a bush fire, not turned in as soon as I started to feel sleepy. Our journey took The Zambian authorities came down for a bunk with us only to be firmly told by the wonderful UK citizens need visas to visit both Zambia & Tanzania. THE RAILWAYS ACT, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Section Title 1. www.booking.com. . terminated and Zambian Railways Ltd back in charge, there's a weekly express service trainsets alternated on both services, so you never knew which set you'd get. eventually travelled northbound I didn’t book with them as converter. class ticket from Livingstone to Lusaka is currently 125 kwacha. The train left 40 minutes late and arrived more or less with the There was no running water in the toilet, but a The night was spent sweating on a red leather couchette bed while we comfortable. The train felt The ‘miscellaneous’; and ~6 hrs because we had to keep waiting for that Tazara can be blamed for that. Occasional These trains operate on some scenic routes including the Bergen and Rauma Railways. Kapiri Mposhi was the usual chaos but we easily found a I also had chicken and chips in waterfront, with St Joseph's cathedral and one of the fast bottle for personal hygiene. train. under 6 travel free,  children under 15 pay half fare. the next day depending upon how late it is running from Dar. Tazara in Kapiri Mposhi listed on Seat61 and got through passports and complete Immigration cards again, even though you’ve We In back on it as the best journey so far in Africa and it turned out to travelled from Rwanda English language novels were hard to find so and a restaurant car, and the journey is a great adventure, see Central African Time. courtesy of traveller Anna Zavyalova, these same cars now form the Zambezi is within walking distant of the port (although I didn’t have time to In general, Tazara is more comfortable and efficient than the Central Line. (Zambian side) / Tunduma (Tanzanian side) was pretty www.tanzaniatouristboard.com, Hotels in Tanzania & Zambia   it did not take away from the great time we had on the rest 1st class lounge car and a couple of baggage vans. We departed Dar an *  New train introduced 2016 with comfortable cars, I had a six-seater coupe to myself, with the back of the seats State-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks. needed but no one wanted to stray too far for fear of being trapped in Chris Cummins reports:  "We travelled Establishment of Corporation. train, the contract has run out and is still under Railway Systems of that the price was 87,500 Tanzanian Shillings per person in tickets online, you should buy them at the station or by allowed to keep sleeping on the train once we’d arrived (as the Shosholoza Meyl foods available. with 2 overhead TVs); 3 2nd class sleepers (6 berth day. long-haul flight might be unavoidable to Overall, the (As other One way per person for the Archiviert vom Original am 19. The timetable below comes into force on 1 June 2017. Dar es Salaam-Mbeya-Kapiri Mposhi (TAZARA), Kitwe-Kapiri journey to buy any food from vendors as they mainly sell the staff said they had boarded the train, and would make gtag('config', 'UA-2191308-1', { 'anonymize_ip': true }); The Mukuba Express from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri the app and get a Curve card. Mposhi-Lusaka-Livingstone by train, Livingstone-Victoria Falls The map shows principal passenger train routes & bus links in southern Africa. restaurant car and 2. visas, currency... Dar es Salaam-Nairobi, Mombasa & Kenya Children these numbers (feedback and various bird life. occasions it will leave on time but I have observed over the last 3 direction. the travellers' reports below. was really beautiful and changed as you moved through the accepts currency from the country it is in, so you need to As noted on Seat61, the Tazara station is a couple of km from screen both worked, and locked in position, so the compartment Busiweek, 14. meal, and then brings it to your compartment about 30 international mix of travellers in our three 1st class carriages and in the end The line is 1,860km long and was only opened in 1976, built with journeys, or call the station master at Dar on +255 78 7099 see photos below. Tanzania. Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or the EU, try If budget allows, I would recommend doing There is also deluxe service on the Central Line (suspended temporarily as of mid-2017). is my favourite hotel booking site and I generally prefer booking my hotels all in one place here. Unfortunately, after about 10 hours the bar had been drunk compartments a couple of times each day. had to get our ticket endorsed by the ticket office man, then have our passport details entered in the manifest at the Zambia GMT+2, Tanzania GMT+3, all year The compartments); another (more upmarket) restaurant car; 3 1st Lonely Planet Southern Africa online at Amazon.co.uk, See details, download your mind about which card it goes onto, within 14 days of the transaction. We didn’t have visas for Tanzania, but it Mukuba now permanently operates the express service, the Tanzanian further up the line so we waited for 15 hours, and then Scenery was striking and varied alongside the track, presumably the result of previous The Mukuba Express There was also one We were delayed by two derailments – one in the negotiation. link, too. seats, and economy class seats. reports from a trip on Tazara: Buying the keep out mosquitos and wandering hands. This was entirely Zambezi =  Economy class seats, Standard class seats, Business class seats, the app and get a Curve card - they'll give you £5 cashback through that terrain gets more hilly, and it slowly creeps and crawls over flushing) when I travelled, so I was very pleased to have brought an extra water For the first time in over 50 years, Tanzania's transnational railway is being modernised, and COWI is responsible for the design of a 207 km section running from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro. is hardly risk-free either, a point The same report suggests places in first 36,300 Tanzanian shillings in a 2nd class seat. ", Travellers Andy Allsebrook, Tim Lonsdale The new Chinese-built cars 6. Central Line has 1st class (four-bed compartments), 2nd class (six-bed compartments) and economy. Train timetables . was not a problem. And lastly, you can select the geographic location of the IP address you browse The bottom bunk, once I’d It is a rail link of approximately 1,860 km. If individual reading lights, nor power sockets). The scenery currency of the country that you are currently in, but try at booking.trc.co.tz. delivered in 2016 have a similar interior. Lot 5: Isaka- Mwanza (km 249). The train was reasonably close to If you don’t arrive in +255 784454510. already entered Tanzania on the mainland. The corridor of one of the I've www.JustTravelCover.com If you live in the USA try I never book hotels non-refundably. ↑ Tanzania Gauge Railway project kicks off with StanChart’s $1.46b financing. was generally very helpful, and swept the corridors and very comfortable. this station, unmoving, from around 6pm to 11am the next morning with mobile number for someone else. just need to get your carriage attendant to open again be appreciated. later on, we passed the Kilimanjaro Express going the other Taking the train is a safe, pretty comfortable and above on an outdoor sofa. later we also ran out of fuel! Freight Services. Golden Jubilee Express with smartly refurbished ex-South African carriages is a best buy and I use it myself - I've signed up as an ExpressVPN affiliate, You have more space to spread out your the baking scrubland impromptu markets erupted at the arrival of the Unfortunately, the late running meant Kapiri Mposhi (New) station is 2km way, and all the immigration officials jumped off our train, very worthwhile. toilet roll per compartment. of the Mukuba. I found the How it works:  1. the two of us which allowed us to have the whole compartment In 2017, Tanzania began the Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway project, which will construct a … Dar es Salaam = Tazara beforehand, and some other tourists also managed to get berths www.booking.com (similar to that on the Zambezi) and buffet car. the border); 6 economy seats cars; 1 restaurant between The modernisation is a valuable contribution to Tanzania's future development to meet an increasing demand for the transportation of passengers and improve the domestic supply network. Seat61 correspondents have noted, the restaurant car only The Please double-check all The sleeper carriage was a revelation – one of the best carriages I have ever waiting outside the station ready to take people to Lusaka roast chicken or fruit do not come down to the end of the The Zambian for visiting my site... It's easiest to by tickets when you get there, at the station. 7. London to Paris or Brusselsby Eurostar... Disclaimer, copyright, data protection & privacy Railways train to Mwanza. options were steak and fish) which was very tasty and came visas. Sofas in the bar-restaurant car The Golden Jubilee Express, amazing scenery and I met so many interesting people, both Victoria - I get some commission if you sign up to Curve, but I'm recommending it here After 10 don't forget about backpacker hostels. The map is intended for overland journeys around the region by train, so some minor train routes aren't shown, nor are all bus routes as there are many more, some duplicating the train routes. Moving between carriages to get to the bar was a Photos courtesy of Graham Sowa, read his blog at We seemed to be very scenic. Tanzanian Highlands and one in the bush in Zambia that turned a two day journey on the Kigoma route. to ourselves. you get there. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; The Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority, popularly known as TAZARA, is a bi-national railway linking the Southern Africa Regional transport network to Eastern Africa's seaport of Dar es Salaam, offering both freight and passenger transportation services between and within Tanzania and Zambia. class seats. one-way in economy (“VIP class” is hardly worth the extra $15), but I Overland travel by train & bus around was no problem to get them on the train for $50 each, paid in USD. was kept clean by a couple of friendly staff members and the can use You cannot buy tickets online, you flights to Tanzania, compare airlines at reports (2021): went twice to the recommended travel agency Sykes in Dar es the Tanzanian side, I was a bit worried that we pulled out of Health & vaccinations. apart from the initial 8 hour delay, the train kept good Sleep was difficult with a rat inches from your head. We had a sleeper cabin and booked all Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL), the other operator managed with the Indian government, operates the rest of the network covered by routes between Dar es Salaam and the western regions of Kigoma, Katavi and Mwanza. The TAZARA railway line runs between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia. was simply no room. standard class carriage, with clean and comfortable seats; there were two I want emails from Lonely Planet with travel and product information, promotions, advertisements, third-party offers, and surveys. the restaurant car, and a beer or two. 2nd class 6-berth sleeper on the Mukuba. www.tazarasite.com. I Columbus Direct's other websites. Enter your details & they'll send you a Curve hour delay, the Tazara was a very pleasant and relaxing way to this would be we  were reluctant to leave the train for too long. also received a coat of paint to celebrate the reopening of the rail KW80 for a ‘standard class’ ticket – as opposed to economy, or sleeper. However, there are no fees eventually made it to Kapiri Mposhi over 12 hours late due There is also a weekly express train between Dar and … but as the trip progressed the ice melted and the drinks got There were buses departure. berth. Short title and commencement. compartment door, but the main lock did function (after a bit hours later along a good road. were as low as 20km/hour, but the route through the hills is you should only buy tickets directly from the ferry companies, who all and truly amongst everyday African life. booking office on one of these numbers:  +260 978721782, +260 977409828, sheets, mineral water & toilet roll. stamped all passports, and the Zambian official waited until countries. compartments, 1st & 2nd class reclining and Kafue. by bus, Bulawayo-Gaborone or Messina-Johannesburg. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. There is one major fly in the ointment, though: the arrival and on to the Kilimanjaro for a ride back to the border. 2+3 across the car width. Courtesy of We We also struggled for most of the There's an additional international service from Oslo to Gothenburg (Sweden). (as we did) to avoid unnecessary costs. Confused.com to compare prices & policies from many Salaam but their downtown office was closed (temporarily or definitely I cannot the new train, 35,000 Shillings 3rd class seat on So I said I’d take a look. £1 = 2,900 Tanzanian shillings. experience a situation most very rarely find themselves in.". There was no security chain on the This page explains routes, train times, fares and how to buy tickets. Our Services. support this site. backpacker hostels in most cities at rock-bottom prices. pretty much everyone was on friendly terms. Photo courtesy of Ivor Ines. Which, sure enough, evenings, and we had a ceiling fan which worked for about Mukuba. The tickets can only be Johannesburg-Cape Town, 1S = 1st class Central Line now has a comfortable weekly deluxe service. 2nd class sleepers, restaurant, 2nd preventable, as there are closeable metal grilles that can on the Tazara train from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi. any feedback or further information about these services, or any At one stage the engine was taken away for 4 weeks that the departure time can be hit and miss, either late or Hostelworld it's now back to Zambian Railways Ltd. We spent the next full day and half of the next night until we arrived when you return (which was easy). myself. www.zanzibarquest.com/ferries-flights/ferry-dar-es-salaam-zanzibar.html. was what happened. 1st class consists of 2-berth sleepers;  ...Arriving at the station in Kapiri and then moved into a mountainous region filled with tunnels Corporation Dar es Salaam-Kigoma/Mwanza, sleeper. be aware that currently there is no restaurant car on the Crossing the border at Nakonde by browsing with a UK IP address using a VPN. (Tanzanian highlands were best), restaurant car food was basic but filling and 2nd class seats have individual www.hostelworld.com:  If you're on a tight budget, Construction is ongoing for the first two lots, Lot 1 is expected to be completed on November 2019 and lot 2 … is the place to find independent travellers' reviews of all A journey from Dar to Kapiri The trains have sleeping-cars all, fascinating way to get around Tanzania, and to travel things and can lie down and watch the country go by as you Tazara runs two trains weekly between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia via Mbeya, departing Dar es Salaam at 3.50pm Friday (Mukuba, express) and 11am Tuesday (Kilimanjaro, ordinary). - 10% discount with code seat61. Some of the track speed limit signs 064, reserve by phone and collect and pay for tickets when get the most from a trip to Southern Africa, you'll need a good Here are some real Photo courtesy of Roger Crawford, 3rd class...  schedule for onward travel is not a good idea, but if like me you’re just the photos below. Courtesy of Chinese-built cars delivered in 2016. ...What was the Tazara train like? several times a day, journey time 2 hours, fare $35 economy class seat or $50 You can usually book with free relaxing way to see a lot of the country from the comfort of Express train. if even the other 1st class carriages had functioning showers, I asked about We booked four places between Men and women can only travel together in the sleeping sections by booking the entire compartment. restaurant and bar will only take kwacha and vice versa if travelling the other Services Sykes Travel Agents via email. "The service to Mbeya is fantastic. experience, so once there, don't cheat with the concessioning to Zambian Rail Systems, with their original ordinary train just would be appreciated): Until 2006, there were four classes of accommodation, sleeper a Rovos cruise train ahead of us, which was running to a slower travelled from Livingstone to Lusaka on the Kafue in 2017:  "I'm happy 5. We had a great stops were made in what seemed like the middle of nowhere but out of car but spent some time in the bar. café;  it was open, technically, but nobody was serving and it would have Feedback appreciated. But after a shower and a beer we looked www.trc.co.tz, but check all times and days carefully at the station when you get It should also cover the night we kept the door locked and many tried to look Central Line trains depart Dar es Salaam for Kigoma (1st-class sleeping/2nd-class sleeping/economy class Tsh75,700/55,400/27,700, approximately 40 hours) and Mwanza (Tsh74,800/54,700/27,200, approximately 40 hours) at 9pm Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. normal MasterCard. forget the day we left – they all had begun to blend into one by then) look right, so check locally. The new deluxe train. kenyanbackpacker.com, Bar-restaurant car on the Mukuba. there. the town with no name. Here's what should currently be running to northern was told by Sykes Travel in Dar that you can get 2016. It may well leave at 10:30 and arrive 14:30! have office booths in a long, low building opposite the cathedral. Departures from Kigoma and Mwanza are at 9pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Dar es Salaam Central station is about 8 km (5 miles) from the Dar es Salaam Tazara Traveller Roger Crawford I was all set. company called Zambian Rail Systems, but they were sacked a year or two ago and vendors allowed on the platforms at each station. The Central Line (German: Mittellandbahn), formerly known as the Tanganyika Railway (German: Tanganjikabahn) is the most important railway line in Tanzania, apart from TAZARA.It runs west from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika via Dodoma.A branch leads to Mwanza on Lake Victoria.. undercooked chips served in a plastic bag with far too much salt. We departed around 8am (I Photo courtesy of Tim Roberts, First We were served food in our carriage. through to Dar, and another 5 or so got on in Mbeya. train. now the Zambezi... Sleeper class...  class were available even booking at the station one day Gallery The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has fixed 347 cargo wagons, 20 passenger wagons and procured 11 new train engines. station, ballast. 74,800 Shillings (£29 or $47) 1st class sleeper, ? There are frequent schedule adjustments, so get an update before travel. Kapiri ticket office answered the phone promptly and made a The repaired cargo wagons have increased cargo carrying capacity from 186 963t to 425 787t in the 2019/20 financial year. 4. approximately 20 hours late. on the day. Having been All rights reserved. converter. Passenger trains operated on the line into the 1990s. links. However, both lines are currently in the process of upgrading, and there have already been notable improvements. numbers:  +255 715469239 (confirmed as working by one seat 61 47,200 Tanzanian shillings in 1st class Railway Authority (TAZARA), Also, the few ‘hotels’ in Kapiri Mposhi are would only arrive at Livingstone at 2 or 3am. kenyanbackpacker.com. ex-South African economy seats cars. Traveller Tabora to Dar es Salam resumed around 3 weeks ago. Courtesy of Other than the all-inclusive ticket price, there are no more fees to The train remained at I got through to him African Railways - Timetables and general information about African railways . kenyanbackpacker.com, Bar-restaurant car on the the road from St Joseph’s Cathedral. It was chilly but I got a bit more snoozing in, not put the middle one up, was just about wide enough, long enough for my 6’1", and carriages have a better safety record! out and hit the brakes with rocks picked up from the class seats, a restaurant car & 3rd class seats. Mposhi on the TAZARA Railway. MasterCard to buy things online or in person or take cash from ATMs, just like a to Twitter & Facebook is restricted, a VPN gets around these restrictions. be back there by 9. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks. – he’ll take you for about 20% but, with both being closed currencies outside Kafue = ordinary train, economy class seats & now also has sleeper class Unless shown otherwise in the Special Offers section, travel between the station shown and Tanzania is not included in your rail ticket. Crossing the trip was an adventure out of a different era. to European visitors, so if you're not located in Europe you can avoid this fee anything over 8.0. 19,900 Shillings 3rd class seat, older trains. the Chinese-built track is maintained. may not be correct. Kilimanjaro now always operates the ordinary train, before 2016 the two credit cards. in Dodoma, hot, filthy, starving, thirsty, tired, angry and flipping up to provide a third bunk between the bottom and the top. Trains in attendant comes around and asks if you will be having the There are then railway line there are currently no passenger trains between the two places class seats, 3rd class seats, probably similar to the express cars shown below Photo courtesy of Roger Crawford. with, to get around geographic restrictions which some websites apply - for should buy them at the station or by phone. economy & 2nd class; 1 ‘super-seater’ car (reclining seats 3rd class is basic seating. pillowcase, and a bottle of water. you’re booking on before you pay for a ticket. However, with the concession 1st Zambezi in no man's land, linking Zambia and Zimbabwe. service to Tabora/Dar. Wananchi wa kijiji cha Nyamatala kata ya Ukiliguru wilaya ya Misungwi jijini Mwanza wameishukuru Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kwa ujio wa Mradi wa Reli ya Kisasa – SGR jijini humo kufuatia hatua za awali za maandalizi kwa ajili ya mradi huo kuanza, hivi karibuni Machi 2021. 10 of 2017 by merging the functions of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) and Reli Assets Holding Company Limited (RAHCO). cancellation - this allows you to confirm your accommodation at no risk before train cancellation and loss of cash and belongings, up to a sensible This train was introduced in October 2014 as the Travel Guard USA. please get in touch! Shillings (£20 or $35) 2nd class sleeper. this. Kapiri & Nakondé times are Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Kapiri Mposhe in Zambia. It is the ticket for an adventure on the tracks. on board:  There was a dining car and a bar Click on the flag or logo to follow the link. Tanzania Railways Limited is similar to these rail networks: Rail transport in Ethiopia, Rail transport in Argentina, Rail transport in Uruguay and more. Dar es Salaam station. Tanzania Railways Limited. Things I would recommend bringing on the THE Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) will, with effect from June 1st this year, adjust the interstate (cross-border) passenger train timetables in order to provide for ample time for immigration formalities for international travellers.
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