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East African Railways and Harbours Corporation Former type Government-owned corporation Fate Split into national companies Predecessor Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours Tanganyika Railway Successor Kenya Railways Corporation Uganda Railways Corporation Founded 1948  ( 1948 ) Defunct 1977  ( 1977 ) 59 class Garratt locomotive 5907 Mount Kinangop at Kibwezi in Kenya The East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EAR&H) is a defunct company that operated railways and harbours in East Africa from 1948 to 1977. It was formed in 1948 for the new East African High Commission by merging the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours with the Tanganyika Railway of the Tanganyika Territory. As well as running railways and harbours in the three territories it ran inland shipping services on Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga, Lake Albert, the Victoria Nile and the Albert Nile. Contents 1 Railways 2 Inland ferries 3 Dissolution 4 In Culture 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 Ex...

This article is about the British colonial undertaking of 1896–1929. For Uganda's state railway since 1977, see Uganda Railways Corporation. Mainly built to serve as a transport system of carrying goods such as minerals from interior Uganda and the Magadi section in Kenya, the once famous railway also faced some drawbacks to its completion. Uganda Railway Kenya Uganda Railway Former type Government-owned corporation Successor Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours East African Railways & Harbours Founded 1896  ( 1896 ) Defunct 1929  ( 1929 ) Near Mombasa, about 1899 The Uganda Railway , was a metre-gauge railway system and former railway company dating to the colonial period. The line linked the interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya. After a series of mergers and splits, the line is now in the hands of the Kenya Railways Corporation and the Uganda Railways Corporation. Contents 1 Construction 1.1 Kedong Massacre 1.2 Tsavo man-eating li...