Trans Africa Railway Corporation
The Trans Africa Railway Corporation is a company that runs the break of gauge transshipment station at Kidatu, Tanzania.[1]
Gauge
To the north of Kidatu is the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) system of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
To the south of Kitadu is the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) system of TAZARA, Zambia and the rest of southern Africa.
Transhipment
Kitadu is fitted with large cranes which help tranship goods, especially containers, from wagons of one gauge to wagons of another gauge.
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