Railway stations in Uganda

Railway stations in Uganda include:

Towns served by rail

Existing

Old Kasese Train Station

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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

•   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.

  Uganda

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

References

1. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World 12th Ed. 2007
2. "Nairobi Railway Museum". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
3. "Sudan Plans Rail Link to East Africa". 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
4. "China set for $3.2b Uganda rail plan". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
5. "US$3.2bn Standard Gauge Railway line to connect Uganda and S.Sudan". Constructionreview. April 10, 2015.
6. "After 21 years of civil war, railway to link Sudan and Kenya - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan".
7. "Railpage".
8. See: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=90d0372708c1a842bac12eeb4&id=be2b43b56a&e=7d0db572d7
9. "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%5B‍%5D
11. "OIL FIND WILL CHANGE UGANDA | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
12. "RAILS FROM UGANDA TO EVERYWHERE | Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2025-02-16.

External links

Maps

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