The Government of Uganda has received a loan €302 million (about Shs1.2 trillion) from African Development Bank (ADB) to enable it improve the meter gauge rail system.
According to Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) Managing Director Stanley Ssendegeya, the money will be used to restore the main line of meter gauge rail at all URC main line stations, railway workshops, the ports, locomotives, wagons, passenger coaches and also procure some more vessels.
He also said they plan to repair the railway line linking Albertine region to Gulu and Pakwach in line with the operationalization of the recent Final Investment Decision (FID)
“URC is to ensure that the railway line is also back to Kasese and Pakwach through the Malaba border by 2025,” Mr Ssendegeya is quoted as saying at the weekend by Daily Monitor.
The URC is currently conducting the projects emergency works to connect the Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to the Tororo-Gulu meter gauge railway line.
URC is working with Deloite Uganda to develop a formal plan aimed at internationalising the nation’s railway systems.