Editing Track gauge (section)

===Africa===

The [[East African Railway Master Plan]] is a proposal for rebuilding and expanding railway lines connecting [[Transport in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[Transport in Djibouti|Djibouti]], [[Transport in Kenya|Kenya]], [[Transport in Uganda|Uganda]], [[Transport in Rwanda|Rwanda]], [[Transport in Burundi|Burundi]], [[Transport in Tanzania|Tanzania]], [[Transport in South Sudan|South Sudan]] and beyond.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 April 2008|url=http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/16610.html|title=East Africa: Countries Move to Upgrade Railway Network|publisher=Business Daily (South Africa)|first=Zeddy|last=Sambu|access-date=13 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514054108/http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/16610.html|archive-date=14 May 2014}}</ref> The plan is managed by infrastructure ministers from participating [[East African Community]] countries in association with transport consultation firm [[CPCS Transcom]].<ref>{{cite web|title=East Africa: EAC Railway Master Plan to Be Redesigned|access-date=13 May 2014|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200904200007.html|date=20 April 2009|first=Gashegu |last=Muramira|publisher=[[New Times (Rwanda)]]}}</ref> Older railways are of {{Track gauge|1000mm|allk=on}} or {{Track gauge|3ft6in|lk=on}} gauge. Newly rebuilt lines will use [[standard gauge]]. Regular freight and passenger services began on the standard gauge [[Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway|Mombasa–Nairobi]] railway in 2017 and on the standard gauge [[Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway|Addis Ababa–Djibouti]] railway in 2018.

Lines for iron ore to [[Kribi]] in [[Transport in Cameroon|Cameroon]] are likely to be {{Track gauge|1435mm|allk=on}} with a likely connection to the same port from the {{Track gauge|1000mm|allk=on}} Cameroon system.{{Update inline|date=May 2023}}

[[Rail transport in Nigeria|Nigeria's railways]] are mostly {{Track gauge|3ft6in|lk=on}} Cape gauge. The [[Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway]] is a [[Track gauge conversion|gauge conversion]] project by the Nigerian Government to create a north–south standard gauge rail link. The first converted segment, between [[Abuja]] and [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]], was completed in July 2016.

The [[African Union]] has a 50-year plan to connect the capital cities and major centres by high-speed railways.