East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
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...