Railway stations in Sudan

Railways in Sudan
Blue = 1067mm gauge
Red = 1000mm gauge
dotted = out of use or proposed

Railway stations in Sudan include:

Maps

• UNHCR Atlas Map[1]
• UN Map[2]
• Different maps[3]
• Sudan and South Sudan Map [4]

Existing

• Wadi Halfa - N - potential break-of-gauge with Egypt
  • Merowe
  • Karima - branch terminus on River Nile - N
• Abu Hamed - N junction for Karima
• Barbar
• Atbara - N - junction and workshops
• Ad-Damir

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• Port Sudan - E
• Jubayt - N
• Sinkat - N
• Hayya - N - junction
• Gadamai
• Shendi
• Omdurman
• Khartoum - C - national capital
• Kassala - E - stillborn link to Eritrea
• Gedaref - E
• Wad Medani - C
• Sannar - S - junction to West
• Rabak - east bank of River Nile; bridge; junction to south to Al Jabalayn
  • Al Jabalayn - C - branch terminus
• Kosti - C - west bank of River Nile; bridge
• Tandalti - W
• Abu Zabad - W

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• Sannar - S - junction
• Damazin - S

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• Muglad - S
• Aweil - S - South Sudan

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• Muglad - junction to oil fields
• Abu Jabra - oil fields

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• Ar Rahad - S - junction
• Al Ubayyid aka El Obeid - E - railhead

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• Ar Rahad - S - junction
• Babanusa - S - junction
• Aweil - S - South Sudan
• Wau - S - terminus - on Jur River - South Sudan

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• Babanusa - S - junction
• Nyala - W - terminus
• Purram
• Tumburra
• Samsum

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• Kassala - nearest station in Sudan to former link line to Eritrea
• Teseney, Eritrea - discontinued - break of gauge 1067mm/950mm

Ferry

A weekly ferry service on the Nile River connects the Egyptian railhead at Aswan with the Sudan railhead at Wadi Halfa.[5]

Reopen

• Babanusa Junction
• Wau[6]

Proposed

• Link to Egypt - May 2008[7]
• Aswan
• border
• Wadi Halfa - N

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(connection to Uganda - North to South) - Electrification proposed[8]

• Wau - 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge
• Juba - port on River Nile ; national capital
• Nimule - border
• Gulu[9]1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge
• Tororo, Uganda[10]
• Pakwach - port on White Nile

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• Rongai
• Lake Baringo
• Lokichar
• Lodwar
• border Kenya-South Sudan
• Juba

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(connection to Kenya)

• Garissa
• Rongai
• Mombassa - port

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(connection to Ethiopia)

• (standard gauge)
• Ethiopia
• Addis Ababa (0 km)
• Bedele (491 km)
• border Ethiopia-Sudan
  • junction.
  • branch to Port Sudan.
• Khartoum [11][12]

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• Transcontinental railway from Dakar and/or from Cameroon to Port Sudan via Chad.

See also

• Egypt-Sudan Railway Committee
• Transport in Sudan
• Rail transport in Sudan
• Railway stations in Egypt
• Railway stations in Eritrea
• Railway stations in Ethiopia
• Railway stations in South Sudan
• Railway stations in Uganda

References

1. http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3dee2ccf0.pdf
2. https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/sudan.pdf
3. "Winne.com - Report on Sudan, Beyond Common Perceptions".
4. Sudan and South Sudan rail map
5. "Cairo to Khartoum by train+ferry - Travel information & advice".
6. "Sudan Opens North-South Railway".
7. "Railways Africa - EGYPT-SUDAN RAIL LINK".
8. "Electricity will power Kenya-Sudan railway - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan".
9. "Sudan to Build High-Speed Railway".
10. "Sudan Plans Rail Link to East Africa".
11. "19 May 2015: 491 km railway line connecting Ethiopia to Sudan launched".
12. Sudan-Ethiopia link

External links

Media related to Train stations in Sudan at Wikimedia Commons