Railways in

Burundi

The port of Bujumbura.
Rail mounted cranes have replaced the former narrow gauge railway.

In 1947, a 600mm gauge freight railway began operating within the port of Usumbura (present day Bujumbura), serving shipping on Lake Tanganyika. The railway had ceased operations by 1982.

In 2023, a feasibility study was initiated for a new standard gauge line from Gitega, the capital of Burundi, to Kindu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 2025, construction began on a standard gauge railway from Gitega to Musongati in Tanzania, where it will connect with a planned new line of Tanzanian Railways Corporation.