• This follows assurances from the Contractor who was engaged to repair the damaged Chambeshi Bridge.
• Jianngsu Gold Civil Construction Company Limited, has already ordered the steel parts.
• The dismantling of the damaged bridge is underway.

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has disclosed that train operations will normalize on 22nd July, 2022.
Authority Managing Director Engineer Bruno Ching’andu said this follows assurances from the Contractor, who was engaged to repair the damaged Chambeshi Bridge, that the repair work is progressing well and the bridge will be ready for use by 22nd July.
Engineer Ching’andu explained in a statement that the Contractor, Jianngsu Gold Civil Construction Company Limited, has already ordered the steel parts, while the dismantling of the damaged bridge is underway.
“With these assurances, we plan to resume freight operations across the Chambeshi Bridge on 22nd July 2022 and all passenger operations will commence shortly thereafter, including Cross-Border Passenger Services which were suspended in May 2020, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
Engineer Ching’andu further stated that due to the closure of the Chambeshi Bridge at 1306.5 Kilometers, the terminal end on the Zambian side, New Kapiri-Mposhi station, was not able to receive or dispatch trains, a situation that had compelled the Authority to offload and load goods at Kasama, over 630 Kilometers from New Kapiri-Mposhi, while passenger trains could only run between Kasama and Nakonde.