Uganda Railway (historical)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	1896
gptkbp:country	gptkb:British_East_Africa
gptkbp:employs	African workers British supervisors Indian workers
gptkbp:endPoint	Kisumu
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:gauge	meter gauge
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	British colonial era
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	opened up East Africa to settlement and trade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Uganda Railway (historical)
gptkbp:legacy	foundation for modern railways in Kenya and Uganda
gptkbp:length	approximately 660 miles
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:East_African_Railways
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Lunatic_Line
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Tsavo_River_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Man-eaters_of_Tsavo construction deaths due to disease and wildlife Tsavo lion attacks controversy over cost and purpose economic transformation of East Africa establishment of Nairobi as a major city expansion to Uganda after initial completion integration into East African Railways in 1948 introduction of Indian laborers political debates in British Parliament
gptkbp:notableModel	gptkb:George_Whitehouse
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:Mombasa Nairobi Eldoret Kisumu Nakuru
gptkbp:opened	1901
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:aircraft facilitate colonial administration support trade
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Uganda
gptkbp:startPoint	gptkb:Mombasa
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Kenya-Uganda_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kenya_Railways
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6