Rail construction timeline Route Years Length Wadi Halfa- Abu Hamad 1897–1898 350 km Abu Hamad – Atbara 1898 244 km Atbara – Khartoum 1898–1900 313 km Atbara - Port Sudan 1904–1906 474 km Station No. 10 – Karima 1905 222 km Khartoum -Kosti – El Obeid 1909–1911 689 km Hayya - Kassala 1923–1924 347 km Kassala - Gedarif 1924–1928 218 km Gedarif – Sennar 1928–1929 237 km Sennar- Damazin 1953–1954 227 km Aradeiba Junction – Babanusa 1956–1957 354 km Babanusa – Nyala 1957–1959 335 km Babanusa – Wau 1959–1962 444 km Girba - Digiam 1962 70 km Muglad - Abu Gabra 1995 52 km