Power dam delays Tanzania electric train launch

Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway.

Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway was launched in 2018. PHOTO | FILE

Tanzanians will wait longer to ride on an electric train, thanks to delays in completion of Julius Nyerere Dam that is expected to produce electricity to power locomotive engines on the standard gauge railway (SGR).

According to officials, the construction schedule of the dam was re-done and the completion date pushed to 2024.