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The Uganda Standard Gauge Railway is a planned railway system linking the country to the neighboring countries of Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, as part of the East African Railway Master Plan. The new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), is intended to replace the old, inefficient metre-gauge railway system. The ...
It was formed after the breakup of the East African Railways Corporation (EARC) in 1977 when it took over the Ugandan part of the East African railways. [ 3 ] URC's system is rooted in the British colonial 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge Uganda Railway that was transformed after World War I into the EARC.
Rail transport in Zambia is primarily provided by two systems: . TAZARA Railway; Zambia Railways Limited (sub-systems: Cape to Cairo Railway and Sena railway); Zambia Railways operates a number of rail lines, including the Mulobezi Railway; as of early 2012, it was still in operation, but in poor repair.
The railway network expanded over the next few decades, and by the time Nigeria gained independence in 1960, there were over 3,000 kilometers of railway lines in the country. [ 2 ] In 2022, Nigerian Railway Corporation transported 3.21 million passengers, an increase of 18.36% from the previous year.
The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) long and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
As the only modern means of transport from the East African coast to the higher plateaus of the interior, a ride on the Uganda Railway became an essential overture to the safari adventures which grew in popularity in the first two decades of the 20th century. As a result, it usually featured prominently in the accounts written by travelers in ...
Map of Tanganyika Territory, 1936. The Tanganyika groundnut scheme, or East Africa groundnut scheme, was a failed attempt by the British government to cultivate tracts of its African trust territory Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) with peanuts.
Rail transport in Tanzania is conducted by two companies (Tanzania Railways Corporation and TAZARA). It has historically used narrow gauge trackage, but planning and construction of new standard gauge lines is underway as of 2017.