Railway stations in Sudan

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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] Aljabalan map
• 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

• Port Sudan - E
• Jubayt - N
• Sinkat - N
• Hayya - N - junction
• 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
• - W

• Sannar - S - junction
• Damazin - S

• Muglad - S
• Aweil - S - South Sudan

• Muglad - junction to oil fields
• - oil fields

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

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

• Babanusa - S - junction
• Nyala - W - terminus

• 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

(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

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

(connection to Kenya)

• Garissa
• Rongai
• Mombassa - port

(connection to Ethiopia)

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

• 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[]

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