East African Railways and Harbours Corporation

The East African Railways (EAR ) was a joint railway company of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

History

Uganda; 1961: 1962 On May 1, 1948, the two railroads Kenya and Uganda Railway and Harbours ( KUR & H) and the Tanganyika Railway and Port Services for East African Railways and Harbours Administration ( EAR & H) were merged and after independence ( Tanganyika, Kenya: 1963) 1969 renamed the East African Railways (EAR ). After the Customs and Economic Union between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in 1977 broke up because of the widely differing political and economic systems, the common Railway Administration and therefore the East African Railways was dissolved. The part of the common rail, which was located on Ugandan territory was renamed in Uganda Railway Cooperation ( URC), the one who was on Kenyan territory in Kenya Railways (KR ), and the one who was in Tanzania, Tanzania Railways Corporation ( TRC).

Network

For the merger of the Railway Systems spoke different reasons. Since the end of World War I, all three areas were - albeit with varying legal status - under the sovereignty of Great Britain. Since the orbits of all three countries had been built in meter gauge and - after the two independent networks were connected in Tanzania 1963 - also consistently passable. How the rolling stock could be freely used anywhere.

The three main routes of the East African Railways ran all of the coast to the hinterland, two joined the Indian Ocean with the great Great Lakes in the Great African grave breach of the hinterland:

  • Uganda Railway: Mombasa - Victoria
  • Usambara
  • Tanganjikabahn: Dar es Salaam - Lake Tanganyika

Of these routes branched off a number of other routes.

As a non-system islanding operation in the track width 610 mm came in 1952 nor the Southern Province Railway in southern Tanzania added. However, it was already closed down in 1963.

Rolling stock

The steam locomotives of Class 59 were the largest narrow gauge locomotives ever.

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