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Mukono-Kampala passenger train services to resume on 1st November, 2024

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Effective November 1, 2024, the passenger train service along the Mukono-Kampala route is set to resume, as confirmed by officials from Uganda Railway Corporation (URC). Mukono will be added as an extension to the existing Kampala-Namanve route, improving connectivity from the eastern part of Kampala …

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TAZARA suspends passenger train operations

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) on Thursday announced that passenger train operations will be suspended from June 18, 2024, until further notice. “This suspension has been necessitated by various operational challenges that the authority is facing,” TAZARA said in a statement signed by …

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Resumption of commuter train services delayed further

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The  Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has said the passenger train services will probably resume in early September as the entity establishes standard operating procedures. Since it halted operations in March this year, the Corporation said that it was still studying the possibility of resuming operations …

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Uganda Railways delays resumption of commuter train services

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has halted the resumption of passenger train services due to the risks associated with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although public transport resumed on June 4, Uganda Railways Corporation had stayed the resumption of the passenger train from …

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