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Transport in Uganda
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total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge, operated by Uganda Railways Corporation
note: A program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995), however much of the railway is inoperative.
- Kenya - yes - same gauge 1000mm
- Sudan - proposed - break of gauge 1000mm/1067mm
- Democratic Republic of Congo - no - break of gauge 1000mm/1067mm
- Rwanda - no railways
- Tanzania - no - same gauge 1000mm
- March 2007 - proposed Inland port at Tororo.
- A proposal surface to link southern Sudan via Uganda to the port of Mombasa in Kenya - [1]. This line would be financed by China, and extend from Pakwach to Juba, Sudan in Southern Sudan.
- Rift Valley Railways Consortium to take over management in 2006.
- Main Line
- Iganga
- Jinga - bridge over Victoria Nile
- Kampala - national capital
- Kasese - railhead in southwest
- North Line
- Mbale
- Kumi
- Soroti
- Lira
- Gulu
- Pakwach - port in north west on Albert Nile
- Arua - railway does/used to extend to here.
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,800 km
unpaved: 25,200 km (of which about 4,800 km are all-weather roads) (1990 est.)
Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile
Train ferries run by Uganda and Tanzania operate on this lake. The safety record has been poor in recent years.
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/8,229 DWT
ships by type: roll-on/roll-off 3 (1999 est.)
Main International Airport: Entebbe International Airport Soroti Flying School Airport
26 (1999 est.)
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)
total: 22
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.)
2 (1999 est.)
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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