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January 17, 2023 | Financial

Uganda cancels $US 2.3bn SGR deal with China and turns to Turkish firm

Promised funding for the line had not been forthcoming from China.

January 9, 2023 | Infrastructure

Kampala - Malaba upgrade to be completed in February

Contractor China Road and Bridge reports work 95% complete.

December 8, 2022 | Africa

African Development Bank loans $US 301m for Uganda rail link upgrade

Funding aims to make rail transport along metre gauge route more competitive with road haulage.

May 19, 2021 | Financial

Ugandan parliament approves €327m Kampala - Malaba line refurbishment

The project will improve links with Kenya.

November 11, 2020 | Fleet

IRJ In-Brief - Fleet: Skoda trains finally authorised in Germany; Perm to purchase 15 LRVs; New EMUs on their way to Israel

Germany: DB Regio will begin operating services in the state of Bavaria using six Škoda double-deck push-pull trains from November 12. Following testing on the Munich - Ingolstadt -Treuchtlingen line that is due to begin on November 16, they will enter service from December 13 on Nuremberg - Munich Express regional services.

October 26, 2020 | Africa

Uganda launches Tororo - Gulu line rehabilitation

UGANDA has launched a project to rehabilitate the 375km metre-gauge Tororo - Gulu railway at a cost of €34.6m with financial support from the European Union.

January 31, 2019 | Africa

Are East Africa’s new railways viable?

East African countries have been keen to accept international funding, particularly from China, to build new standard-gauge railways rather than upgrading existing lines. However, as Shem Oirere reports, there are serious doubts over the long-term viability of these new lines.

July 2, 2018 | Africa

Uganda’s Tororo - Gulu Line secures EU grant

THE European Union (EU) has reportedly agreed to grant €21.5m to repair Uganda’s 375km Tororo - Gulu Line, which hasn’t been used since the insurgency by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army 25 years ago.

April 17, 2018 | Africa

Ugandan capital embarks on light rail project

Uganda has ambitious plans to build a light rail network in its capital Kampala in a bid to reduce crippling road traffic congestion and pollution, reports Shem Oirere.

June 9, 2017 | Africa

Uganda to terminate Rift Valley Railways concession

THE UGANDAN government has confirmed it is terminating Rift Valley Railways’ (RVR) concession to operate the country's 1918km metre-gauge network because of poor performance.

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