Atlas Corridor
Component

Railway Project South Sudan

railway

Cities

Juba
South Sudan
Gulu
Uganda

Distance

207km
new
207km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$0.8b
$800,000,000

Phases

planned,

Objective

To increase trade between the two countries and for South Sudan to be able to export via Indian Ocean ports

Description

The railway project will connect Juba, the capital of South Sudan with the northern Uganda city of Gulul and onto the wider MCR network that connects onto Kenya

Finance

Operators

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Uganda Railway Corporation
Company
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Sudan Railways Corporation
Company

Contractors

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Jahre Thormahlem Schwei-Btechnik
Company

Sources