Tanzania’s SGR gets special electricity status after power woes

Dodoma. Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has established a special region along the standard gauge railway (SGR) to effectively and efficiently address the electricity challenges that have been disrupting its operations.

A few days after commencing operations in July 2024, an electric train travelling between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma was forced to stop for two hours due to a power failure, with monkeys and owls blamed for the blackout.