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Construction of Standard Gauge railway from Mtwara - Mbamba Bay railway with/and spurs to Liganga, and Mchuchuma.

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Basic Information

Project Title	Construction of Standard Gauge railway from Mtwara - Mbamba Bay railway with/and spurs to Liganga, and Mchuchuma.
PIDA Sector	Transport
PIDA Sub-sector	Rail
Member States	Tanzania
Region	Eastern Africa
Beneficiary Countries	Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Regional Economic Community	Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
Project Institution	Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC)

Strategic Alignment and Regional Commitment

Source in the National Master Plan	The project is aligned with National Five year Development Plan
Source in the REC Master Plan	SADC Master Plan under SADC Diagnostic Report No. MSP5 RIDMP attached under the Chingola Jimbe Rail Link Project
Brief Description of the Project	The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania.
Objective and Rationale for the Project	The main objective of the project is to promote sustainable transport along the Mtwara corridor, through the construction of new railway line from Mtwara to Mbambabay with spurs to Mchuchuma coal mine and Liganga Iron Ore mine and ultimately unlock the Southern Tanzania Agricultural and mineral rich areas. It is intended to address the Transport challenges along Mtwara Corridor connecting Southern part of Tanzania with Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique through Lake Nyasa. It is part of Mtwara Development Corridor Initiatives.
Location/Site	Tanzania from Mtwara port to Mbamba/Amerlia Bay (s)
Image/Map Files	Mtwara-Mbamba-Bay-Rail-Link.png
Existing or Planned Projects along the proposed project	The project serves an existing infrastructure asset of another sector, but there is less than 50% overlap in the geography serviced by the proposed project and the other sector existing asset.
Please provide more details for your choice above	The railway line will work together with existing ports as well as planned ones so as to serve the southern part of Tanzania as well as the neighboring countries of Zambia,Malawi and Mozambique. Also Comoros, DR Congo and south Africa, can benefit through this project
Technical Specifications of the Project	The envisaged construction of rail is planned to be standard gauge with 120 pounds rails and concrete sleepers with a design speed of 160km/hr for passenger rail and 120km/hr for freight train.
Market Size	Tanzania, Malawi,Mozambique and Zambia populations of 121.5 Million people
Project Financial (in USD)	The expected CAPEX is USD 5.5 billion. The cost estimate is in 2016 price level and excluding VAT and the project period is 2 years of construction and 35 years of operations effectively from 2020/2021.
Gender Procurement actions	Will utilise the SADC Gender Policy attached in the Chingola Jimbe Rail Link Project. Also Its a Requirement to have local content which will also have an impact on gender.
Last Milestone Known	S3B - Transaction Support & Financial Close

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