Editing Transport in Uganda (section)

== Railways ==
{{Main|Uganda Railways Corporation}}
{{See also|Railway stations in Uganda}}
As of 2017, Uganda's railway network measures about {{convert|1250|km|0}} in length. Of this, about 56% ({{convert|700|km|0}}), is operational. 
All existing railway is metre gauge. A new standard gauge rail network is planned.
[[File:Uganda railroad2006.jpg|thumb|Uganda Railway ]]
A railroad originating at [[Mombasa]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] connects with [[Tororo]], where it branches westward to [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]], Kampala, and [[Kasese]] and northward to [[Mbale]], [[Soroti]], Lira, [[Gulu]], and [[Pakwach]]. The only railway line still operating, however, is the [[Malaba, Uganda|Malaba]]–[[Kampala]] line.<ref name="1R" /> 

===Railway links with neighboring countries===
* {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Transport in Kenya|Kenya]]: Yes; same gauge {{RailGauge|1000mm}}
* {{flagicon|South Sudan}} [[Transport in South Sudan|South Sudan]]: Proposed; [[break of gauge]] {{RailGauge|1000mm}}/{{RailGauge|1067mm}}
* {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]: No; [[break of gauge]] {{RailGauge|1000mm}}/{{RailGauge|1067mm}}
* {{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[Transport in Rwanda|Rwanda]]: No; Does not yet have railways
* {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Transport in Tanzania|Tanzania]]: No direct connection except via [[train ferry]]; same gauge {{RailGauge|1000mm}}

=== Couplings and brakes ===

* [[Railway coupling|Couplings]] : [[Railway coupling#Norwegian|Meatchopper (Norwegian)]]
* [[Railway brake|Brakes]] : [[Railway airbrake|Air]]<ref name="6R">{{cite web|title=Metre-Gauge Beyer-Garratt 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 for the Kenya & Uganda Railways |access-date=9 June 2018 |
url=http://www.garrattmaker.com/history.html |date=21 July 1939 | 
publisher=Garrattmaker.com Quoting The Railway Gazette |
author=The Railway Gazette}}</ref>
* Standards <ref name=SGR>{{cite web|title=Specifications & Standards|access-date=22 June 2020| url=https://www.sgr.go.ug/specifications}}</ref>

===Plans===
====Standard Gauge Railway====
{{main|Uganda Standard Gauge Railway}}

The six countries of the [[East African Community]] are in the process of constructing railway lines with {{Track gauge|1435mm}} [[Standard-gauge railway|standard gauge]] tracks. Kenya had, by June 2018, completed the construction of the [[Mombasa]]–[[Nairobi]] section of its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which cost US$4.47 billion (original budget was US$3.2 billion), borrowed from the [[Exim Bank of China]].<ref name="7R">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40171095 |title=Will Kenya get value for money from its new railway? |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC Africa]] |first=Nancy |last=Kacungira |location=Nairobi|
date=8 June 2017 |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="8R">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newsweek.com/kenya-railway-china-madaraka-express-618357 |title=Kenya Just Opened A $4 Billion Chinese-Built Railway, Its Largest Infrastructure Project In 50 Years |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=10 June 2018 |first=Conor |last=Gaffey |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |location=New York City}}</ref> The country now plans to extend he SGR line to [[Nakuru]], [[Kisumu]] and [[Malaba, Kenya|Malaba]], when funds become available.<ref name="9R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Proposed-link-to-Nakuru-could-push-up-costs-of-SGR/539546-2986224-is89f4/index.html |title=Proposed link to Nakuru could push up costs of SGR |date=6 December 2015 |newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]] |first=Lynet |last=Igadwah |location=Nairobi}}</ref>
[[File:Mombasa - Nairobi metre gauge railway outside Voi.jpg|thumb|Mombasa-Nairobi metre gauge Railway outside]]
Uganda plans to construct a total of four SGR lines, totaling {{convert|1547|km|0}}, at an estimated cost of US$12.6 billion.<ref name="10R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Minister--Shs45-6-trillion--railway--project-cost-Kenya/688334-3880840-fwx8nl/index.html |date=7 April 2017 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Nelson |last=Wesonga |location=Kampala |title=Minister defends Shs45.6 trillion Standard Gauge Railway project cost}}</ref><ref name="11R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=https://qz.com/1036970/ugandas-chinese-built-sgr-railway-will-cost-more-than-kenyas/|title=Uganda's Chinese-built high speed railway will cost even more than Kenya's did |last=Kuo |date=24 July 2017 |first=Lily |publisher=Quartz Africa}}</ref> Uganda's SGR is planned to link it to four neighboring countries, including [[Kenya]], [[Rwanda]], [[DR Congo]] and [[South Sudan]].<ref name="12R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/2015/04/us3-2bn-standard-gauge-railway-line-to-connect-uganda-and-s-sudan/ | date=10 September 2015 |publisher=Construction Review Online | title=US$3.2bn Standard Gauge Railway line to connect Uganda and South Sudan |author=Bonface |location=Nairobi}}</ref> 

====The Rift Valley Consortium====
{{main|Rift Valley Railways Consortium}}
Between 2006 and 2017, a company known as [[Rift Valley Railways Consortium|Rift Valley Railways]] (RVRC) managed the [[Kenya Railways Corporation]]'s and the [[Uganda Railways Corporation]]'s {{cvt|1000|mm|ftin|frac=8}} [[metre gauge]] railway systems, under a 25-year concession.<ref name="13R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200607280144.html | title=East Africa: Kenya And Uganda Railways Takeover Date Postponed |date=28 July 2006 |newspaper=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] via [[AllAfrica.com]] |first=Kimathi |last=Njoka | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref name="14R">{{cite web|date=28 July 2006 |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200607280341.html | title=Kenya: Railway Takeover Pushed to November |access-date=10 June 2018 | newspaper=[[Daily Nation]] via [[AllAfrica.com]] | first=Zeddy |last=Sambu |location=Nairobi}}</ref>
[[File:RVR 9409 Nairobi.jpg|thumb|Rift Valley Railway Nairobi]]
In August 2017, the [[government of Kenya]] terminated the RVRC concession, citing failure by RVRC to perform as stipulated in the concession agreement.<ref name="15R">{{cite web|
access-date=10 June 2018 |date=1 August 2017 |location=Nairobi  |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Kenya-ends-Rift-Valley-Railways-contract/2560-4040424-lofuc0z/index.html | title=Kenya ends Rift Valley Railways contract |first=Njiraini |last=Muchira |newspaper=[[The EastAfrican]]}}</ref> In October 2017, Uganda followed suit,<ref name="16R">{{cite web| title=Government cancels Rift Valley Railways deal | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Government-cancels-Rift-Valley-Railways-deal/688334-4129752-144xd01/index.html | access-date=10 June 2018 |date=8 October 2017 |last=Frederic Musisi |first=and Thembo Kahungu | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | location=Kampala}}</ref> but RVRC ran to court to stop the termination.<ref name="17R">{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Markets/Uganda--Kenya-failed-railway-deal---RVR-chief/688606-4140902-15aa6p0/index.html |title=Uganda, Kenya failed railway deal - RVR Chief | 
access-date=10 June 2018 |date=12 February 2018 |
newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Fredric |last=Musisi |
location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="18R">{{cite web|
date=12 February 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Govt-RVR-fresh-legal-battle-railway-deal/688322-4300740-poougjz/index.html |
title=Government, RVR in fresh legal battle over railway deal | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Fredric |last=Musisi | location=Kampala}}</ref> In February 2018, Uganda Railways Corporation finally took possession of the concession assets and resumed operating the metre-gauge railway system in Uganda.<ref name="19R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Passenger-train-services-resume-Monday/688334-4316028-5l40lxz/index.html
|title=Passenger train services to resume on Monday |
first=Amos |last=Ngwomwoya |date=23 February 2018 | 
newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="20R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 |location=Kampala |url=http://observer.ug/news/headlines/57044-ugandans-welcome-revamped-passenger-train-services.html  |title=Kampalans welcome revamped passenger train services |date=27 February 2018 | first=and Mercy Ahukana |last=Alfred Ochwo |newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]]}}</ref>