Railway stations in Uganda
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Railway stations in Uganda include:
Towns served by rail
[edit ]Existing
[edit ]
- Kenya Bungoma - last town in Kenya
- Kenya Malaba, Kenya
- Uganda Malaba, Uganda
- Uganda Tororo - near Kenya border; junction for north line
- Main Line
- Iganga
- Jinja - bridge over Victoria Nile ; copper smelter
- Iganga - washed away culvert (2008)
- Busembatia
- Kampala - national capital
- Kamwenge
- Kasese - railhead in southwest; cement works ; copper mine
- Branch line from Kampala
- Port Bell - port on Lake Victoria
- North Line
- Uganda Tororo - junction
- Mbale
- Kumi
- Aloi
- Soroti
- Lira
- Gulu, Lira and Gulu.
- Pakwach - port in north west on Albert Nile
- Arua - railway does/used to extend to here.[2]
- Uganda South Sudan border Uganda South Sudan
- South Sudan Juba - national capital
- missing link (ferry)
- Nalukolongo - workshops
- Kilembe - copper mine
Proposed
[edit ](connection to South Sudan - South to North)
- Kenya Lamu - port
- Kenya Garissa - river town
- Uganda Tororo, Uganda [3]
- Uganda Malaba - junction
- Uganda Pakwach - river port on White Nile
- Uganda Gulu
- Uganda Kampala - capital
- Uganda Malaba - junction
- Uganda South Sudan Nimule, South Sudan - border [4] [5]
- South Sudan Juba - national capital [6]
- South Sudan Waw - river port on Jur River - break of gauge with Sudan
- Westwards from Kasese to Democratic Republic of the Congo Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo;
- Northwards from Gulu to Nimule, continuing to South Sudan Juba in South Sudan;
- North-eastwards from Pakwach to South Sudan Juba in the Sudan, continuing to Wau;
- Southwards from Masaka to Biharamulo in Tanzania.[7]
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Standard gauge
[edit ]2017
[edit ]- Kenya [8]
- Naivasha
- Narok
- Bomet
- Nyamira
- Kisumu
- Yala
- Mumias
- Malaba
- Kenya Uganda border.
- Tororo
- Butaleja
- Namutumba
- Iganga
- Luuka
- Mayuge
- Jinja
- Buikwe
- Mukono
- Wakiso
- Kampala districts.
2015
[edit ]- SG construction starts [9]
2014
[edit ]- CRBC Deal [10]
- original proposal including train ferry across Lake Victoria
- Tanzania Tanga, Tanzania - Ocean port
- Uganda Musoma - Lake Victoria port [11]
- revised proposal avoiding train ferry across Lake Victoria
- Tanga, Tanzania - Singida - Mutukula - Kampala
- Hub [12]
Out of service
[edit ]See also
[edit ]- Railway stations in Sudan
- Railway stations in Kenya
- Transport in Uganda
- Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor
References
[edit ]- ^ The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World 12th Ed. 2007
- ^ "Nairobi Railway Museum". Archived from the original on 2010年01月26日. Retrieved 2009年08月11日.
- ^ "Sudan Plans Rail Link to East Africa". 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "China set for 3ドル.2b Uganda rail plan". Archived from the original on 2015年09月23日. Retrieved 2015年07月04日.
- ^ "US3ドル.2bn Standard Gauge Railway line to connect Uganda and S.Sudan". Constructionreview. April 10, 2015.
- ^ "After 21 years of civil war, railway to link Sudan and Kenya - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan".
- ^ "Railpage".
- ^ Unknown [permanent dead link ]
- ^ "US3ドル.2bn Standard Gauge Railway line to connect Uganda and S.Sudan". 10 April 2015.
- ^ Unknown [permanent dead link ]
- ^ "OIL FIND WILL CHANGE UGANDA | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012年04月23日. Retrieved 2025年02月16日.
- ^ "RAILS FROM UGANDA TO EVERYWHERE | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012年04月23日. Retrieved 2025年02月16日.
External links
[edit ]- Maps