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East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
Predecessor
  • Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours
  • Tanganyika Railway
Founded1948 (1948)
Defunct1977 (1977)
FateSplit into national companies
Successor
  • Kenya Railways Corporation
  • Uganda Railways Corporation
  • Tanzania Railways Corporation
59 class Garratt locomotive 5907 Mount Kinangop at Kibwezi in Kenya

The East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EAR&H) is a defunct company that operated railways and harbours in East Africa from 1948 to 1977. It was formed in 1948 for the new East African High Commission by merging the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours with the Tanganyika Railway of the Tanganyika Territory. As well as running railways and harbours in the three territories it ran inland shipping services on Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga, Lake Albert, the Victoria Nile and the Albert Nile.

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