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191:(SRC), provides services to most of the country's production and consumption centers. Rail dominated commercial transport in the early years of independent Sudan but competition from highways increased rapidly and by 2013, 90% of inland transport in Sudan was by road. The main rail system was reorganised into two parts; the SRC which owned the physical assets of the Sudan Railways and the other part being a collection of private companies which organise the operation of the network. In 2013 10 private companies were reported to be running operations in different lines.
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track. As the size of the project area increased, the railway was extended and by the mid-1960s consisted of a complex system totalling 716 route km. Its primary purpose has been to serve the farm area by carrying cotton to ginneries and fertilizers, fuel, food, and other supplies to the villages in
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The line opened a trade route from central Sudan through Egypt to the
Mediterranean. The line became uneconomical due to the distance became uneconomic because of the distance and the need to ship things via boat down the Nile, so, in 1904, construction of a new line from Atbara to the Red Sea was
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attributed to various factors including, inflation, the lack of spare parts, the company's headquarters being located in Atbara rather than in
Khartoum, the continuation of certain lines having only light traffic. Hassan Ahmed El Sheikh, a former secretary of a railway union in the Sudan blamed
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that tied the navigable stretch of the Nile between the fourth and third cataracts into the transport system. Traffic in this case, however, was largely inbound to towns along the river, a situation that still prevailed in 1990.
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was also reported to be signed. But in 2014 it was reported that although Sudan and Chad had agreed to stop supporting rebels in each other's countries, the US$ 2 billion project had still not been signed nor started.
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Ethiopia and Sudan. Ethiopia is considering a 1,522 km line between
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153:-growing region. There are plans to rehabilitate rail transport to reverse decades of neglect and declining efficiency. Service on some lines may be interrupted during the rainy season.
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to Chad with financing to be obtained from China. In 2012 a contract to build a rail line from the
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to the El Obeid refinery (10 km), and El Ban to the Merowe Dam (10 km.).
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In 1911, a line was also constructed from Khartoum southward to
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2121:"Egypt and Sudan in talks to build new 900km-long railway line"
2061:"Egypt, Kuwait Fund sign $ 2.5m grant deal for railway project"
1141:"Sudan plans $ 640m scheme to bring rail network back into use"
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The history of rail transport in Sudan began in 1874 when the
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2001:"Funding agreed for $ 3.4m study into Ethiopia–Sudan railway"
1261:"Sudan's transport system a key cog in economic development"
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production. In the north, a branch line was built from near
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2274:"Egypt studies building $ 500 million rail link to Sudan"
383:(1961), southern Sudan's second largest city, located in
348:, then extended south to the cotton-producing area near
2031:"Egypt Expands Railway Network to Include Sudan, Libya"
819:-Trinkitat Light Railway was built in 1921 and 1922 at
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when the Anglo-Egyptian troops withdrew to Wadi Halfa.
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A 250 km/h rail link from the Egyptian city of
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of parts of this article (those related to article)
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2198:"Second batch of Indian locomotives for Sudan soon"
1783:"All aboard! Sudan's sleek new Nile Train a rarity"
340:In the 1920s, a spur of the railway was built from
1295:"THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUDAN COMMUNICATIONS — Part I"
356:and, finally, to a junction with the main line at
223:about 54 km upstream on the east bank of the
1388:. London, UK: Melik Society: 33–38. January 2011.
762:has offered a $ 75m grant towards the cost while
179:carries over two-thirds of Sudan's rail traffic.
50:may be compromised due to out-of-date information
1721:"Bashir vows to restore Sudan's railway network"
2173:"Rs. 80-crore target for railway spares export"
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2441:illustrated description of the Sudan railways
1750:Abdallah, Mohamed Nureldin (20 August 2013).
364:, has since moved over that line directly to
246:constructed a 20-mile (32 km) line from
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2235:. Chennai, India. 2005-10-20. Archived from
2181:. Chennai, India. 2004-11-11. Archived from
1392:Pinkney, Frederick George Augustus (1926).
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1971:"Sudan, Chad to build a railway at US$ 2b"
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1527:"Sudan Railways Facts and Figures 2007"
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2393:. Barnsley, UK: World Rail Atlas Ltd.
2227:"Cape gauge locos despatched to Sudan"
1826:from the original on 17 September 2017
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1394:Sudan Government Railways and Steamers
918:in 2011, 248 km of the Babanousa-
2151:"DLW locomotives for export to Sudan"
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1171:"Sudan - 2.4 Sudan Railway Assessmen"
1000:- planned - line to border from Nyala
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2315:from the original on 2 December 2023
2303:Devarasetti, Hasini (9 April 2021).
2041:from the original on 9 November 2022
1937:"Work to begin on Chad rail network"
1698:from the original on 2 December 2023
1668:from the original on 11 October 2017
1567:Rail and road transport in the Sudan
1384:"Sudan's rail and river transport".
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146:. A 1,400-kilometer line serves the
1752:"Getting Sudan's railways on track"
1423:. London, UK: Melik Society: 31–32.
811:The Tokar - Trinkitat Light Railway
281:on the Nile in 1897 and, after the
2431:Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1936),
1904:"Sudan-Chad railway funds secured"
1346:"Sudan Railways Corporation (SRC)"
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2272:Johnston, Cynthia (8 July 2009).
2071:from the original on 5 April 2023
2011:from the original on 26 July 2021
1947:, 13 January 2012, archived from
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1781:Timberlake, Ian (20 April 2014).
1151:from the original on 25 July 2021
692:locomotives are in use in Sudan.
203:Railway station in northern Sudan
2775:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
2545:Democratic Republic of the Congo
2374:. East Harling: Plateway Press.
2334:Mutethya, Edith (10 June 2020).
2101:from the original on 25 May 2022
1969:Otieno, Patrick (22 July 2014).
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1434:Gleichen, Edward, ed. (1905).
1398:Institution of Civil Engineers
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2196:Singh, Animesh (2005-07-13).
1945:Railway Gazette International
1902:Toby Collins (31 July 2011),
1584:Foltyn, Simona (2016-11-14).
910:Rail transport in South Sudan
847:Proposed Nyala-Chad extension
803:Tokar-Trinkitat Light Railway
739:organizations, including the
2437:Railway Wonders of the World
2157:. 2005-07-11. Archived from
1650:Kone, Solomane, ed. (2013).
2433:"Through desert and jungle"
1814:Bisheshwar, Prasad (1963).
1501:Ali, Hamid Eltgani (2014).
406:Rail construction timeline
305:and ocean-going transport.
235:, but was destroyed by the
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2005:Global Construction Review
1975:Construction Review Online
1875:Sudan Railways Corporation
1534:Sudan Railways Corporation
1505:. Routledge. p. 257.
1145:Global Construction Review
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189:Sudan Railways Corporation
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1564:Fitzgerald, John (1977).
1118:Railway stations in Sudan
868:Proposed link to Ethiopia
741:European Development Fund
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904:South Sudan independence
859:to the capital of Chad,
760:African Development Bank
291:3 ft 6 in
215:established a line from
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82:has 4,725 kilometers of
2879:Rail transport in Sudan
2389:Robinson, Neil (2009).
2370:Gunston, Harry (2001).
2251:"EGYPT-SUDAN RAIL LINK"
1845:Gunston, Henry (2001).
1299:Sudan Notes and Records
1293:Morrice, H. A. (1949).
1941:www.railwaygazette.com
1631:Cite journal requires
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1265:Leading Edge Guides
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244:John Aird & Co.
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1951:on 14 January 2017
1731:on 1 December 2020
1313:– via JSTOR.
1113:Transport in Sudan
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2565:Equatorial Guinea
2400:978-954-92184-3-5
1725:The Sudan Tribune
1688:"Sudan Railroads"
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1124:References
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157:Statistics
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140:Port Sudan
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60:April 2010
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