The Kampala–Kasese Standard Gauge Railway is a proposed western Ugandan rail section within the wider Mombasa–Kigali corridor. It is intended to connect Kampala with western production and mining areas and improve access to regional markets through a modern rail line. The project remains at project-structuring stage.
<p>The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from Kampala to Kasese in Uganda.</p>
<p>The main objective of the railway line construction is to provide a reliable, efficient railway network leading to reduced cost of transportation and logistics between 15% to 20%. The decrease in transport cost can lead to sustained rapid industrialization and economic growth of the East African region.</p>