Transport in South Sudan
overview of transport in South Sudan
Railways
total: 248 km (154 mi)
narrow gauge: 248 km (154 mi) 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.
South Sudan has a total of 248 kilometers (154 mi) of narrow-gauge, single-track railroad line in the country. The only line in the country is partially used and it connects to Babonosa (north Sudan) with Wau. Most of the line was mined and badly destroyed during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Around January 27, 2008; the line was fully rehabilitated with United Nations funds.
Railway links with adjacent countries
Sudan – yes – Babanusa to Wau line - (1959-1962, 2010–present)
Highways
Under Sudanese rule a number of main gravel roads radiating from Juba were improved. These included roads to the towns southwest of Juba and a road to the Ugandan border. In addition, the government built a gravel all-weather road east of Juba that reaches the Kenyan border. There it joined an all-weather Kenyan road to Lodwar connecting it to the Kenyan road system. However, all of these improvements radiating from Juba have been vitiated by the civil war, as the roads have been extensively mined by the SPLA and the bridges destroyed.
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