Railway stations in Uganda
Railway stations in Uganda include:
Towns served by rail
Existing
- Main Line
- Iganga
- Jinja - bridge over Victoria Nile ; copper smelter
- Iganga - washed away culvert (2008)
- Busembatia
- Branch line from Kampala
- Port Bell - port on Lake Victoria
- North Line
- 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]
- Nalukolongo - workshops
- Kilembe - copper mine
Proposed
(connection to South Sudan - South to North)
- Tororo, Uganda [3]
- Pakwach - river port on White Nile
- Gulu
- Nimule - border
- Juba - national capital [4]
- Waw - river port on Jur River
- Westwards from Kasese to Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo;
- Northwards from Gulu to Nimule, continuing to Juba in South Sudan;
- North-eastwards from Pakwach to Juba in the Sudan, continuing to Wåu;
- Southwards from Masaka to Biharamulo in Tanzania. [5]
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- Hoima - proposed oil refinery
Standard Gauge
- CRBC Deal [6]
- original proposal including train ferry across Lake Victoria
- Tanga, Tanzania - Ocean port
- Musoma - Lake Victoria port [7]
- revised proposal avoiding train ferry across Lake Victoria
- Tanga, Tanzania - Singida - Mutukula - Kampala
- Hub [8]
Out of Service
See also
References
- ↑ The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World 12th Ed. 2007
- ↑ http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/Kenya/nrm.html
- ↑ http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news82920.html?WT.mc_id=DN_News
- ↑ http://www.sudantribune.com/After-21-years-of-civil-war,3657
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11334378-s15.htm
- ↑ http://www.trademarksa.org/news/china-46b-railway-deal-test-kenya%E2%80%99s-relations-uganda
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/10/oil-find-will-change-uganda/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2008/10/rails-from-uganda-to-everywhere/
External links
- Maps
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