Uganda Railway (meter gauge)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Uganda_Railway_(meter_gauge)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:connectedTo gptkb:Central_Line_(Tanzania)
Lake Victoria ferries
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1896
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Kampala
Kisumu
gptkbp:gauge meter gauge
gptkbp:heritageStatus heritage railway
gptkbp:historicalEvent helped establish Nairobi as a major city
major role in economic development of East Africa
used during World War I for troop movement
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Uganda_Railway
gptkb:East_African_Railways_(after_1948)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance facilitated colonial administration and trade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Uganda Railway (meter gauge)
gptkbp:length approximately 930 km (Mombasa to Kisumu)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lunatic_Express
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Kipkelion_Viaduct
gptkbp:notableEvent construction involved man-eating lions of Tsavo
importation of Indian laborers for construction
gptkbp:notableFeature crosses Rift Valley
numerous bridges and tunnels
passes through Tsavo National Park
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:George_Whitehouse_(chief_engineer)
Sir Charles Eliot (commissioner during construction)
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Kampala_Railway_Station
gptkb:Mombasa_Railway_Station
gptkb:Nairobi_Railway_Station
gptkb:Kisumu_Railway_Station
gptkbp:operator Kenya Railways (current, in Kenya)
Uganda Railways Corporation (current, in Uganda)
Tanzania Railways Corporation (current, in Tanzania)
gptkbp:purpose link British East Africa with Lake Victoria
gptkbp:replacedBy Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya (partially)
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Mombasa
gptkbp:status partially operational
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Uganda_Railways_Corporation
gptkb:Kenya_Railways
gptkb:Tanzania_Railways_Corporation
gptkbp:trackGauge 1,000 mm
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1901
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mombasa-Nairobi_Standard_Gauge_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6