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Timeline of African Union of Railways

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2010

  • Dakar-Port Sudan Railway
  • 2007

    According to Railway Gazette International of November 2007, East Africa (TZ, KE, ET and UG) are proposing lines aplenty.

    Contents

  • Kasese, Uganda to Kisangani, DRCongo
  • Gulu to Nimule and Juba in Sudan
  • Pakwach, Uganda to Juba and Wau in Sudan
  • Garissa, Kenya to Addis Abeba in Ethiopia
  • Lamu to Garissa and Juba again
  • Masaka, Uganda to Biharamulo, Tanzania
  • Another seven (eight?) routes include:

  • Mbamba Bay on Lake Nyasa to Ligunga via Mchuchuma coal mines.
  • Ligunga to Mlimba
  • Dar-es-Salaam to port of Mtwara
  • Tunduma on TZ-ZM border via Sumbawanga and Mpanda to Kigoma
  • Uvinza to Bujumbura, in Burundi
  • Bagamoyo to Kidomole
  • Isaka Dry Port to Kigali in Rwanda
  • Gauge unification

    Triple gauge for the three main gauges in Africa are a practible solution for mixed gauge tracks.

    Narrow 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) gauge are too similar (67mm) to allow third rail dual gauge. Four rails must be used, which creates a third gauge, which may as well be 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) gauge.

    References

    Timeline of African Union of Railways Wikipedia