A video showing the exquisite newly acquired Tanzania’s Electric trains in their SGR by an explorerer called Bertin on Instagram has gone viral attracting attention from Kenyans online.
In the Video, Bertin is documenting his experience boarding the train and shared a glimpse of the inside of the newly built Dares Salaam train station.
“Testing an Electric Train of Tanzania from Dar es Salaam To Dodoma. Tanzania is developing fast.” he captioned the video that has since caught many’s attention.
Inside Tanzania’s train are a marvel to be reckoned with. Among the features offered inside the train is free Wifi. The train covers 160 kilometres per hour and takes four hours from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
Kenyans took to social media to comment on their dissapointment comparing the Tanzania,s SGR to Kenya’s one.
The country procured 42 electric trains from South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem which cruise at a speed of 160 km/h.
Kenya’s diesel-powered locomotives pale in comparison as they travel at a maximum speed of 120km/h despite having cost $1.7 billion (Sh170 billion) more.
Kenya’s SGR was built at US$3.6 billion (Sh360 billion) being among Kenya’s most expensive infrastructure projects as at the time it was launched.
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