African Union of Railways
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The African Union of Railways in an organisation under the auspices of the new African Union dealing with railways. It is similar to the UIC.
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[edit] Overview
African railways sadly are disjointed, disconnected, and generally in a state of disrepair, and often do not serve their countries well. The AUR hopes to rectify things.
[edit] Gauge
The AUR sees that conversion to a common gauge is too difficult and expensive due to the gauge muddle, but does see the following gauges as preferred in the following regions:
- North - 1435mm
- South - 1067mm
- East - 1067mm
- West - 1000mm
[edit] Nigeria
These plans may be upset by Nigeria's albeit glacial program to convert its 1067mm gauge lines to 1435mm which would seed a standard gauge network in adjacent countries, especially those landlocked countries with no railways at all.
[edit] Conferences
- [1] - a conference held in Brazzaville on 10-14 April 2006.
