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Southern Province Railway

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Southern Province Railway
Overview
Statusclosed
History
Opened1949
Closed1963
Technical
Line length275 km (171 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Route map

0,7
Mtwara Harbour
0
0
Mtwara
9,5
Ufokoni
16,0
Mikindani
to Karimjee Sisal plantation
32,3
Namgongoni
38,5
Mbuo
46,6
Mpapura
53,0
Mchicha
56,3
Libobe
61,2
Namuhi
69,4
Kitere
75,5
Nyamgamara
91,6
Kilidu
27,8
Lindi Creek
27,1
Lindi
to Lindi Sisal Estates
14,0
Mingoyo
10,0
Mkwaya
0
106,3
Ruo
Mtua-Narunyu Sisal-Plantage
118,9
Mtua
131,9
Mtama
143,1
Mahima
152,5
Mkwera
160,8
Nangana
186,7
0
Chilungula
210,7
Nachingwea
12,0
Kilometer 12
Lukuledi
17,6
Lukuledi
30,0
Marambo
37,0
Masasi

TheSouthern Province Railway was a1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)narrow gauge rail network inTanzania, which was operated only for a few years in the middle of the 20th Century. It ultimately comprised about 275 route kilometers. The central line of the railway network wasMtwara -Nachingwea. The isolated network operated without connection to the national network. Because of the failure of the Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme the rail system was deprived of its economic existence. After the independence of Tanzania, operations were ceased in February 1963 and the line was abandoned.

Construction

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The main reason for the construction was theTanganyika Groundnut Scheme, as part of the former British colonial rule. The project, whose core component waspeanut cultivation on a gigantic scale, ultimately failed. In order to transport the crops, in 1949 theOverseas Food Cooperation put the line Ruo -Nachingwea in operation, it was extended a year later toLindi on theIndian Ocean. This extension was partly laid on a former 18 km long600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)feldbahn, constructed in 1921, which ran from asisal plantation inLindi toNarunyu.

When the Overseas Food Cooperation ran into financial difficulties in 1952, the railroad was merged with theEast African Railways and expanded to a network. As of 1954, the newly built harbor and the port city ofMtwara was connected withMikindani. In 1958 the route Chilungula-Masasi was constructed.

Rolling stock

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Both steam (the series RV/21, G and NZ) and diesellocomotives were used (the series 80 and 81). Passenger traffic existed between Mtwara andNachingwea for which a second handDiesel Motorized Units of the formerKenya and Uganda Railways was used.

See also

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References

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  • Burton, David (2014).The Groundnut Line: The Story of the Southern Province Railway of Tanganyika. Telford, Shropshire: David Burton.
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