Dar es Salaam/Dodoma. As criticism mounted over the design and construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) following the suspension of services due to heavy rains, the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has dismissed claims that the disruption was caused by design or construction flaws.
Speaking to the sister publication Mwananchi on January 2, 2026, TRC Director General Machibya Masanja said the suspension was prompted by erosion of riverbanks near a railway bridge, not by any structural failure of the railway itself.
