Tanzania gears up to test SGR power system

An aerial view of the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway line in Tanzania. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Tanzania Railways Corporation plans to start testing the standard gauge railway electricity systems over three months, run by four sub-stations along the completed 300 kilometres stretch between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.

The four sub-stations are 50km apart, with 19 transformers, and the test will be done in two main stages — the unit test and the component test.