Uganda to revamp Kampala-Malaba metre gauge

[John Ashworth]

Uganda builds railway link to Kenya’s SGR

Uganda has signed a Sh5 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revamp its century-old metre gauge railway line between Malaba and Kampala to create seamless travel from the Mombasa port. The 260 kilometre Kampala line will be linked to the standard gauge railway (SGR) track through the Naivasha to Malaba old railway, which Kenya is upgrading...

Just to be clear, this is not a "seamless" link, as cargo will have to be transhipped from the Kenyan SGR to the Kenyan metre gauge at Naivasha (or at some unnamed place in the bush where the SGR ends which is euphemistically being referred to as "Naivasha"), and from there it should be a "seamless" journey from the revamped Kenyan metre gauge to the revamped Ugandan metre gauge.

[John Ashworth]

Uganda, Kenya team up on old metre gauge rail project eyeing Congo, S. Sudan

With an eye on the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan markets, there is renewed vibrancy on the Northern Corridor, as Uganda and Kenya join forces to push the rehabilitation and seamless connection of the old metre gauge railway line, over which the two countries’ officials met this week to thrash out operational details...

Keep the rail connected

The plan to create a seamless rail transport from the Mombasa port to Kampala is a step in the right direction. Uganda has signed a Sh5 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revamp its century-old metre gauge railway line between Malaba and Kampala. The 260 kilometre Kampala line will be linked to the standard gauge railway (SGR) track through the Naivasha to Malaba old railway, which Kenya is upgrading...

[John Ashworth]

Ugandan parliament approves €327m Kampala – Malaba line refurbishment

THE Ugandan parliament has approved the government’s plans to borrow €327.01m to support the Kampala – Malaba Metre Gauge Railway Projec to refurbish the existing line from the Ugandan capital to the Kenyan border...