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Rail transport in Burundi
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Burundi does not possess any railway infrastructure but there are proposals to connect Burundi to its neighbours by railway. Proposals Lacking any railways, Burundi does not share rail links with adjacent countries, but a study in August 2006 resulted in a promise to construct a railway starting at the existing Tanzanian railway network, connecting at Isaka, running via Kigali in Rwanda, through to Burundi. Another project was launched in the same year, which aimes to link Burundi and Rwanda (which also has no railways) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, and therefore to the rest of Southern Africa. At a meeting to inaugurate the Northern Corridor Transit Coordination Authority (NCTCA), the governments of Uganda and Burundi backed the proposed new railway from the Ugandan western railhead at Kasese into the Democratic Republic of Congo. Additionally, Burundi has been added to a planned railway project to connect Tanzania and Rwanda. Gauge Tanzanian railways use metre gauge, although other neighbouring countries utilise Cape gauge (1067 mm), leading to some potential difficulties. Maps * UNHCR Atlas Map Burundi * UN Departments * UN Map Burundi Railway links with adjacent countries * Democratic Republic of the Congo - gauge * Rwanda - no railways yet * Tanzania - and TAZARA. See Also
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