Railways:
total: 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
- Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) [1]
- Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA): operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia); is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways [1]
Highways:
total:
88,200 km
paved:
3,704 km
unpaved:
84,496 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa
Pipelines: crude oil 982 km
Ports and harbors: Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Merchant marine:
total:
7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,618 GRT/26,321 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 129 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
11
over 3,047 m:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
118
1,524 to 2,437 m:
18
914 to 1,523 m:
65
under 914 m:
35 (1999 est.)
- See also : Tanzania, Kilimanjaro International Airport