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Central Corridor (Dar es Salaam-Dodoma-Kigali/Bujumbura/Kampala)

Verification
Verified
Length
Not published
Length of the mapped route: 1 185 km
Indicative transit time
Not published
Exit border post
Rusumo OSBP
Rusumo
Stops
4
Origin : Port of Dar es Salaam
Map of the Lomé, Kigali corridor 2 transit corridors shown with their ports, border posts and towns on the route.

2 transit corridors shown with their ports, border posts and towns on the route.

  • Northern Corridor (Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali/Bujumbura) , destination Kigali.
  • Central Corridor (Dar es Salaam-Dodoma-Kigali/Bujumbura/Kampala) , destination Kigali.
  • Port of Mombasa (Port)
  • Nairobi (Town on the route)
  • Malaba OSBP (Kenya, Ouganda) (Border post)
  • Kampala (Town on the route)
  • Kigali (Town on the route)
  • Port of Dar es Salaam (Port)
  • Dodoma (Town on the route)
  • Rusumo OSBP (Tanzanie, Rwanda) (Border post)

The Central Corridor links the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Dodoma and, depending on the route, to Rwanda (Kigali) via the Rusumo border post, to Burundi (Bujumbura) and to Uganda (Kampala) via Mutukula. Together with the Northern Corridor, it is one of the EAC's two major logistics routes serving the landlocked countries of the East African hinterland, coordinated by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA). The exact length and end-to-end transit times vary by segment and source and are not stated here.

Information :

Indicative times

Transit times are indicative. They come from published studies (World Bank, corridor observatories) and vary with the goods, the completeness of the file, the season and the situation at the borders.
Sources 2
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    Tanzania Ports Authority, official website (new tab), TPA

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Route

4 stops

  1. Dodoma

  2. Kigali

    Destination

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Transit procedures

The steps to move goods under customs control across Togo.

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  • Transit goods via the Northern Corridor

    The Northern Corridor links the Port of Mombasa in Kenya to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DR Congo. Transit is coordinated by the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) and follows the EAC customs transit regime, with electronic cargo tracking.

  • Transit goods via the Central Corridor

    The Central Corridor links the Port of Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, to Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. It is coordinated by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) and is, together with the Northern Corridor, one of the two major logistics routes serving the East African hinterland.