Tanzania unveils cargo train to Uganda

The ships, MV Pamba and MV Kaawa, docked at Port Bell, Kampala in this 2006 picture. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has launched a cargo service to Uganda through the Lake Victoria ports of Mwanza and Port Bell.

The train will connect the port of Dar es Salaam to Uganda through Tabora and Isaka in western Tanzania, then Mwanza port by ships plying the lake.