Railway stations in Uganda explained

Railway stations in Uganda include:

Towns served by rail

Existing

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• Bungoma - last town in Kenya
• Malaba, Kenya
  • (border)
• Malaba, 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

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• Branch line from Kampala
• Port Bell - port on Lake Victoria

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• 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]
• border Uganda South Sudan
• Juba - national capital
• missing link (ferry)

Wau

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• Nalukolongo - workshops
• Kilembe - copper mine

Proposed

(connection to South Sudan - South to North)

• Lamu - port
• Garissa - river town
• Tororo, Uganda^[3]
• Malaba - junction
• Pakwach - river port on White Nile
• Gulu

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• Kampala - capital
• Malaba - junction
  • Nimule, South Sudan - border ^{[4] [5]}
  • Juba - national capital ^[6]
  • Waw - river port on Jur River - break of gauge with Sudan

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• 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 Wau;
• Southwards from Masaka to Biharamulo in Tanzania.^[7]

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• Hoima - proposed oil refinery

Standard gauge

2017

• ^[8]
• Naivasha
• Narok
• Bomet
• Nyamira
• Kisumu
• Yala
• Mumias
• Malaba
• border.
• Tororo
• Butaleja
• Namutumba
• Iganga
• Luuka
• Mayuge
• Jinja
• Buikwe
• Mukono
• Wakiso
• Kampala districts.

2015

• SG construction starts ^[9]

2014

• CRBC Deal ^[10]

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• original proposal including train ferry across Lake Victoria
• Tanga, Tanzania - Ocean port
• Musoma - Lake Victoria port ^[11]

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• revised proposal avoiding train ferry across Lake Victoria
• Tanga, Tanzania - Singida - Mutukula - Kampala

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• Hub ^[12]

Out of service

• Busoga

See also

• Railway stations in Sudan
• Railway stations in Kenya
• Transport in Uganda
• Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor

External links

Maps

• UN Map
• UN Map East Africa
• UNHCR Atlas Map
• UNHCR

Notes and References

1. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World 12th Ed. 2007
2. Web site: Nairobi Railway Museum . 2009-08-11 . 2010-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126134859/http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/Kenya/nrm.html . dead .
3. Web site: Sudan Plans Rail Link to East Africa. 20 April 2010 .
4. Web site: China set for $3.2b Uganda rail plan . 2015-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195446/http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=3049&pLv=3&srI=58&spI=24 . 2015-09-23 . dead .
5. https://constructionreviewonline.com/2015/04/us3-2bn-standard-gauge-railway-line-to-connect-uganda-and-s-sudan/ ConstructionReview
6. Web site: After 21 years of civil war, railway to link Sudan and Kenya - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan.
7. Web site: Railpage.
8. See: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=90d0372708c1a842bac12eeb4&id=be2b43b56a&e=7d0db572d7
9. Web site: US$3.2bn Standard Gauge Railway line to connect Uganda and S.Sudan. 10 April 2015.
10. http://www.trademarksa.org/news/china-46b-railway-deal-test-kenya%E2%80%99s-relations-uganda{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
11. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/10/oil-find-will-change-uganda/
12. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2008/10/rails-from-uganda-to-everywhere/