Tanzania, April 19 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is slated to test its electric train from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma for the first time as the country commemorates the 60th anniversary of the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

The United Republic of Tanzania was formed on April 26, 1964, following the unification of the two sides, with Julius Nyerere becoming the first President, and Sheikh Abedi Amani Karume serving as the first Vice President and chairman of the Revolutionary Council.

An electric train will be operated in the country's 722-kilometre Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) infrastructure from the heart of Dar es Salaam to Makutupora in Dodoma.

The test follows the February 26, 2024, trial covering 300 kilometres from Dar es Salaam to...