Editing Transport in Uganda (section)

====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>