East African Railway Master Plan

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The East African Railway Master Plan is a proposal for rejuvenating existing railways serving Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and extending them initially to Rwanda and Burundi and eventually to South Sudan, Ethiopia and beyond.[1] The plan is managed by infrastructure ministers from participating East African Community countries in association with transport consultation firm CPCS Transcom.[2]

Gauge

East Africa, and indeed Africa in general, uses several gauges which would cause problems if railways of different gauges meet. The following gauges are used by existing railways in the area:

The first of the proposed regional railway lines, the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali-Bujumbura Railway would use standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) railway.[3]

Proposed lines

The following are some of the proposed railway lines under the plan; all are standard gauge:[4]

  1. Mombasa-Bujumbura Line; passes through Nairobi, Rongai, Tororo, Kampala, and Kigali.
  2. Nairobi-Addis Ababa Line; passes through Garissa.
  3. Lamu-Juba Line; passes through Garissa.
  4. Nairobi-Juba Line; passes through Garissa.
  5. Nairobi-Kisumu Line; passes through Rongai
  6. Kampala-Kisangani Line; passes through Kasese
  7. Kisangani-Bujumbura Line; passes through Kasese, Kampala, and Kigali
  8. Tororo-Juba Line; passes through Gulu, with spur to Pakwach at Gulu.
  9. Kisumu-Juba Line; passes through Rongai
  10. Kampala-Juba Line; passes through Tororo, and Gulu
  11. Juba-Addis Ababa Line; passes through Garissa
  12. Dar es Salam-Burundi and Rwanda Line

Timeline

2013
2014
  • May 2014, signing ceremony for funding of the construction of the Standard gauge Mombasa–Nairobi section between the government of Kenya and the government of the People's Republic of China.[6]
  • August 2014, Uganda awards the contract of the construction of the Malaba–Kampala section of the standard gauge section to the Chinese firm, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The contract is worth an estimated US $8 billion (USh 20 trillion).[7]
2015
  • March 2015, Uganda on Monday 30 March 2015, signs contract with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, to build standard gauge railway from Malaba to Kampala and from Kampala to Rwandese border. Contract includes construction of Kampala to Kasese Railway Line. Not clear if Kampala to Nimule Line is included.[8][9]
  • March 2015, Tanzania on Monday 30 March 2015, announced plans to build a $14.2 billion rail network under a plan that Transport Minister Samuel Sitta called "the single biggest project ever to be implemented by the Tanzanian government since our country's independence." The plan calls for the construction of a railroad from Rwanda and Burundi to Dar es Salam and from the capital to the northern and southern parts of the country.[10]

See also

Maps

References

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External links

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