[1] Operationally, the network consists of the following sections: The Uele railways were built 1924–1937 by a Belgian company, the Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (Vicicongo).

The first line ran from Aketi to Bondo and was built from leftover German army stocks used in trench railways or heeresfeldbahnen, which the Belgians acquired after World War I.

Later, the line was extended from Komba to Buta Pauli (today Isiro) and Mungbere, which was reached in 1937.

The system is currently not operational, and was described by United Nations Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC) in 2006 as 'very degraded'.

[4] This line and the Bumba river port belong to the Office of the Uele Railways.