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18 Aug 2025, 08:21 GMT+10
(250818) -- MUSONGATI, Aug. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows a scene at the groundbreaking ceremony for a cross-border railway project linking Uvinza in western Tanzania to Musongati in eastern Burundi, in Musongati, Burundi, Aug. 16, 2025.
Tanzania and Burundi on Saturday officially launched the construction of a modern standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Uvinza in western Tanzania to Musongati in eastern Burundi.
According to a representative from the China Railway Group Limited, which leads the consortium building the line, the cross-border railway -- designed with a 1,435 mm international standard gauge and full electrification -- is expected to be completed around 2030. (Uvinza-Musongati SGR project of China Railway Group Limited/Handout via Xinhua)
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