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Uganda Railway
Kenya Uganda Railways
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
Founded1895 (1895)
Defunct1929 (1929)
SuccessorKenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours
East African Railways & Harbours
Key people
Sir George Whitehouse

The Uganda Railway was a metre-gauge railway system and former British state-owned railway company. The line linked the interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya. After a series of mergers and splits, the line is now in the hands of the Kenya Railways Corporation and the Uganda Railways Corporation.

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