Transport in Uganda
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== [[Railway]]s ==
<br>''Total:''
1,241 km
<br>''[[narrow gauge railways|narrow gauge]]:''
1,241 km 1.000-m gauge, operated by [[Uganda Railways Corporation]]
<br>''note:''
A program to rehabilitate the railway started in ([[1995]]), however much of the railway is inoperative.
=== Railway links with adjacent countries ===
* {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Transport in Kenya|Kenya]] - yes - same gauge 1000mm
* {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Transport in Sudan|Sudan]] - proposed - [[break of gauge]] 1000mm/1067mm
* {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]] - no - [[break of gauge]] 1000mm/1067mm
* {{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[Transport in Rwanda|Rwanda]] - no railways yet
* {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Transport in Tanzania|Tanzania]] - no direct connection except via [[train ferry]] - same gauge 1000mm
=== 2008 ===
* {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[June 2008]] [[Uganda]] to buy new [[train ferry]] for [[Lake Victoria]] for about $9m. <ref> [http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2801&Itemid=35 RailwaysAfrica] </ref>
=== 2007 ===
* September 2007 - Uganda to get 4 new railway lines. A vast network of additional railway lines within East Africa and others linking the region to neighbouring Ethiopia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo is on the cards. Four new lines connecting to South Sudan, DRC and Tanzania. These are [[Kasese]]-[[Kisangani]], [[Gulu]]-[[Nimule]]-[[Juba]], [[Masaka]]-[[Biharamulo]] and [[Pakwach]]-[[Juba]]-[[Wau]]. Tanzania would be the main beneficiary of the new railway lines should the ambitious project materialise. Besides the Isaka-Kigali line, eight other new railway lines have been proposed within the country, linking Tanzania with other states. These are [[Liganga]]-[[Mchuchuma]], [[Mchuchuma]]-[[Mbamba Bay]], [[Liganga]]-[[Mlimba]], [[Dar es Salaam]]- [[Mtwara]], [[Biharamulo]]-[[Masaka]] (via [[Bukoba]]), [[Tunduma]]-[[Kigoma]] (through [[Sumbawanga]] and [[Mpanda]]), [[Uvinza]]-[[Bujumbura]] and [[Bagamoyo]]-[[Kidomole]]. <ref>[http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11335011.htm East Africa - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Africa)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200710021189.html allAfrica.com: Uganda: Country to Get 4 New Railway Lines (Page 1 of 1)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* On 6 September, further talks took place at State House, Kampala, between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and engineers from Germany concerning the new [[standard gauge]] railway they propose linking Sudan’s southernmost railhead at Wåw to Uganda and Kenya. Klaus Thormahlen, managing director of Thormahlen Holdings International and Jens Flachsbarth, managing director of the Ingeno Group, presented details of the scheme envisaged. Ugandan minister for works John Nasasira attended the meeting, as well as [[NEPAD]] Kenya Secretariat chief executive Grace Ongile, and principal economist Abdulrahman Ismail. <ref>[http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1702&Itemid=35 Railways Africa - SUDAN-EAST AFRICA LINK<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [http://craigeisele.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/uganda-to-tanzania-railway-link-planned/ Proposed link to Uganda west of Lake Victoria]
* [[March 2007]] - proposed [[Inland port]] at [[Tororo]].
=== 2006 ===
* A proposal surface link southern Sudan via Uganda to the port of [[Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]] - [http://www.ecosonline.org/back/pdf_reports/Nieuws/Juli/Sudan%20Train.doc]. 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]].
=== Maps ===
* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/uganda.pdf UN Map]
=== Towns served by rail ===
{{Main|Railway stations in Uganda}}
==== Existing ====
* [[Bungoma]] - last town in [[Kenya]]
* [[Tororo]] - near [[Kenya]] border; junction for north line
* Main Line
* [[Iganga]]
* [[Jinga]] - bridge over [[Victoria Nile]]
* [[Kampala]] - national capital
* [[Kasese]] - [[railhead]] in southwest
*Branch line from Kampala
*[[Port Bell]]
* North Line
* [[Mbale]]
* [[Kumi]]
* [[Soroti]]
* [[Lira]]
* [[Gulu]]
* [[Pakwach]] - [[port]] in north west on [[Albert Nile]]
* [[Arua]] - railway does/used to extend to here.
==== Proposed ====
==== Closed ====
== Highways ==
<br>''Total:''
27,000 km
<br>''paved:''
1,800 km
<br>''unpaved:''
25,200 km (of which about 4,800 km are [[all-weather road]]s) (1990 est.)
====International highways====
The [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]], part of the [[Trans-African Highway network]] and aiming to link [[East Africa]] and [[West Africa]], passes through Uganda. This is complete only eastwards from the [[Uganda]]–[[DR Congo]] border to [[Mombasa]], linking the [[African Great Lakes]] region to the sea. It is commonly called the 'Trans-Africa Highway' in Uganda but cannot be used to reach West Africa because the route westwards across DR Congo to [[Bangui]] in the [[Central African Republic]] (CAR) is impassable after the [[Second Congo War]] and requires reconstruction. An alternative route (not part of the Trans-African network) to Bangui based on gravel roads and earth roads runs from [[Gulu]] in northern Uganda via [[Nimule]] and [[Juba]] in southern [[Sudan]] and [[Obo]] in south-east CAR. This is used by trucks but sections are impassable after rain. The route has been closed at times during war and conflict in northern Uganda (the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] rebellion) and southern Sudan, but up to July 2007 had not been affected by the [[Darfur conflict]] and was the only usable road between East and West Africa. The security situation should be checked with authorities in northern Uganda, southern Sudan and south-eastern CAR before use.
== Waterways ==
[[Lake Victoria]] is the principal waterway with commercial traffic. In conjunction with train services, the railway companies of Uganda and Tanzania operate [[train ferry|train ferries]] on the lake between railhead ports of the two countries and Kenya. These ferries load rail coaches and wagons. The safety record has been poor in recent years. [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]] and [[Port Bell]] (on a 7 km branch line from Kampala) are the [[railhead]]s for Uganda, connecting to [[Mwanza]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Kisumu]], Kenya.
The Port Bell ferry wharf is visible on high-resolution Google Earth photos at latitude 0.2885° longitude 32.653°. A ferry is shown loading truck and rail coaches while another waits.
Other ferries serve non-railhead ports on the lake.
[[Lake Kyoga]] and the [[Victoria Nile]] south of the lake constitute the second most important commercial waterway. There used to be a steamboat service between [[Namasagali]], a railhead port on the Nile, going as far as Masindi-Port on the other side of Lake Kyoga.
Other waterways such as [[Lake Albert]], [[Lake George (Uganda)|Lake George]], [[Lake Edward]], and the [[Albert Nile]] do not carry commercial traffic to any great extent.
== Merchant marine ==
<br>''total:''
3 ships ({{GRT|1,000|metric|first=yes}} or over) totaling {{GRT|5,091|metric}}/{{DWT|8,229|metric|first=yes}}
<br>''ships by type:''
[[roll-on/roll-off]] 3 (1999 est.)
== Airports ==
Main International Airport: [[Entebbe International Airport]]
Soroti Flying School Airport
26 (1999 est.)
=== Airports - with paved runways ===
<br>''total:''
4
<br>''over 3,047 m:''
3
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1 (1999 est.)
=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
<br>''total:''
22
<br>''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
1
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
6
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:''
8
<br>''under 914 m:''
7 (1999 est.)
=== Heliports ===
2 (1999 est.)
== See also ==
* [[Uganda]]
== References ==
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