Friends of the Rail Forum

Officials in Kampala have revealed plans to expand the Uganda SGR project to a 2,700-kilometre standard gauge railway network following uncertainties with Kenya’s Naivasha-Malaba SGR extension. Uganda’s SGR project which will see the country increase its initial SGR coverage increased nearly ten times, will include connections to its Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern neighbours. The country had initially planned a 271-kilometre SGR line as part of the Nothern Corridor Project linking Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. However political upheavals and financial uncertainties have hindered the project...