Bonjour,
Je viens de me renseigner aussi car nous partons en octobre pour retrouver notre voiture que nous avons laissé à
Mbeya depuis l'année passée.
La ligne fonctionne toujours et part ci-dessous les horaires que je viens de recevoir par un hôtel à Dar.
Moi je cherche quelqu'un qui pourrait m'acheter et réserver une couchette 1ère classe pour une certaine date. Aucun hôtel ne veut le faire et aucune agence depuis la
Suisse. Donc il me faut un privé qui serait d'accord de le faire pour nous afin d'être certain d'avoir une couchette et de ne pas avoir à poireauter à Dar plusieurs jours.
Avons déjà pris un bus (qui font peur) de
Mbeya à Dar l'année passée car le train de la
Zambie avait été annulé qu'il n'y avait plus de place de le suivant.
Bonne route
Transafrika
Dar es Salaam - Kapiri Mposhi (Tazara)
The Tanzania & Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) runs trains between Kapiri Mposhi, Mbeya and Dar es Salaam, taking two nights. The trains have sleeping-cars and a restaurant car, and the journey is a great adventure, see the travellers' reports below. The line is 1,860km long and was only opened in 1976, built with Chinese funding and assistance.
The times shown here reflect the new timetable introduced on 10 October 2008 and still in force as far as I know in 2010. There are no longer any additional local trains Dar-Mbeya or Kapiri-Nakonde, just the two train shown here, one train per week an express, the other now an ordinary train.
Dar es Salaam ►
Mbeya ► Kapiri Mposhi
km
Classes:
"Mukuba" or "
Kilimanjaro"
Express train
1S, 2S, 2, 3, M or R
Mukuba" or "
Kilimanjaro"
Ordinary train
1S, 2S, 2, 3, R
0
Dar es Salaam
depart
15:50 Tuesdays
13:50 Fridays
849
Mbeya
arrive
depart
13:08 Wednesdays
13:23 Wednesdays
14:10 Saturdays
14:40 Saturdays
969
Tunduma (frontier)
arrive
depart
17:02 Wednesdays
17:17 Wednesdays
18:38 Saturdays
18:53 Saturdays
970
Nakonde
arrive
depart
16:22 Wednesdays
16:47 Wednesdays
17:58 Saturdays
18:18 Saturdays
1852
Kapiri Mposhi (New)
arrive
09:26 Thursdays
13:37 Sundays
1S = 1st class 4-berth sleepers; 2S = 2nd class 6-berth sleepers; 2 = 2nd class seats; 3 = 3rd class seats; M = meal at seat service; R = Restaurant car.
One of the two Dar-Kapiri Mposhi train sets is called the "Mukuba Express" (= 'copper' in the Bemba language), the other is the "
Kilimanjaro".
You can check times at
www.tazarasite.com.
Kapiri Mposhi ►
Mbeya ►
Dar es Salaam
km
Classes:
"Mukuba" or "
Kilimanjaro"
Express service
1S, 2S, 2, 3, M or R
Mukuba" or "
Kilimanjaro"
Ordinary train
1S, 2S, 2, 3, R
0
Kapiri Mposhi (New)
depart
16:00 Tuesdays
14:00 Fridays
882
Nakonde
arrive
depart
08:39 Wednesdays
09:09 Wednesdays
09:13 Saturdays
09:23 Saturdays
883
Tunduma (frontier)
arrive
depart
10:14 Wednesdays
10:29 Wednesdays
10:30 Saturdays
10:45 Saturdays
1003
Mbeya
arrive
depart
14:13 Wednesdays
14:28 Wednesdays
14:32 Saturdays
15:00 Saturdays
1852
Dar es Salaam
arrive
12:35 Thursdays
15:46 Sundays
Kapiri Mposhi (New) station is 2km from Kapiri Mposhi (Zambia Railways) station.
Fares...
One way per person. Express train fares. Ordinary train fares are around 20% less.
Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi:
72,600 Tanzanian shillings (£28 or $48) in 1st class sleeper.
52,800 Tanzanian shillings (£21 or $35) in 2nd class sleeper.
Dar es Salaam to
Mbeya:
32,400 Tanzanian shillings (£13 or $21) in 1st class sleeper.
23,800 Tanzanian shillings (£9 or $16) in 2nd class sleeper.
Kapiri Mposhi to
Dar es Salaam:
1st class sleeper, express = 261,400 Zambian kwacha (£33 or $55)
2nd class sleeper = 198,000 kwacha (£25 or $50)
2nd class seat = 171,600 kwacha (£23 or $44)
3rd class seat = 145,200 kwacha (£18 or $35)
Kapiri Mposhi to
Mbeya:
1st class sleeper = 118,800 Zambian kwacha (£14 or $28)
2nd class sleeper = 86,600 kwacha (£12 or $24)
2nd class seat = 79,100 kwacha (£11 or $21)
3rd class seat = 71,400 kwacha (£10 or $20)