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DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - FEBRUARY 02 2020: Tanzania is constructing a Standard Gauge Railway. Construction began in April 2017. Partial funding for this section, amounting to US$1.2 billion, was borrowed from the Export Credit Bank of Turkey.[3] As of February 2019, 42 percent of this section was reported as complete.In May 2019, it was announced that the current phase of the project is 60 percent complete and that the first passenger trains are expected to start service in December 2019. As of June 2020, the work has been completed by 82 percent. There will be six stations: Dar es Salaam, Pugu, Soga, Ruvu, Ngerengere and Morogoro. Three trains will make daily round trips (Footage by Feature Story News / Getty Images)