[2] From there the line would continue northwestwards, an estimated 51 kilometres (32 mi)[3] through Burundi, to end at Gitega, the capital city of the country.
[4] This proposed 1000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway line is intended to ease the transfer of goods between the port of Dar es Salaam and the city of Gitega.
[1] In addition to a narrow gauge railway line, the governments of Burundi and Tanzania are planning to build a nickel refinery in Gitega.
The refined metal would then be transported by rail to Uvinza, for onward transmission to the port of Dar es Salaam for export.
[1] Both governments have set up high level committees to plan and coordinate the implementation of the railway line and related infrastructure projects.