Lady Florence Preston drives the last sleeper key at the edge of Lake Victoria on December 20, 1901, to mark the end of the Uganda Railway Project. PHOTO COURTESY OF HENRY LUBEGA This week ...

A new Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) investment plan promises a larger fleet, an expanded railway network and increased passenger volumes but is quiet on tourism and commercial oil and gas ...

KAMPALA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Uganda has terminated its contract with Chinese firm China Harbour and Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) to build a railway to the Kenyan border and is now considering a ...

KAMPALA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Uganda has begun restoring a branch of a century-old, British-built railway line that is expected to cut the cost of shipping goods to the country's north, South Sudan ...

Uganda Railways Corporation, the company which operated rail transport in the country until the government passed its operations to a concessionaire in 2006 is set to return in September.

Confirming the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Yapi Merkezi, David Mugabe, the public relations officer for Standard Gauge Railway Uganda says the change in contractor was due to ...

Uganda's railway network fell into disrepair during the country's economic collapse in 1970s and early '80s. Ugandan officials hope once the link is restored, rail will replace trucks in shipping ...

Uganda Railways Corporation’s monthly average freight is projected to more than double to as high as 60,000 tons within three years from about 25,000 tons, the agency’s acting managing ...

The 273-kilometre railway line, estimated to cost $2.2 billion, would link the capital Kampala and Uganda's border with Kenya, where it is planned to link up with Kenya's own standard gauge rail ...