East African Railway Master Plan

The objective is to further the economic development of East Africa by increasing the efficiency and speed, and lowering the cost, of transporting cargo between major ports on the Indian Ocean coast and the interior.

[1] The plan is managed by infrastructure ministers from participating East African Community countries in association with transport consultation firm CPCS Transcom Limited.

The plan accounts for break of gauge issues and aims for a good interoperability within the resulting hybrid railway network.

Two methods exist within the East African Railway Master Plan countries for break of gauge handling and passenger transfers.

New break of gauge handling stations are to be constructed between the standard-gauge railway backbone and eventually rehabilitated narrow-gauge branch lines.