Remember the SGR civic works was more costly since we chose double track freight trains to carry more load and containers.
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The $ 4 Billion cost is just for building the railway. We picked the best ultra modern railway stations that are better than most of Africans airports.
Mombasa Station
http://i.imgur.com/i101931.jpg
http://nairobiwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mombasa2.jpg
Nairobi South Station
http://i.imgur.com/jIovvOe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fh9Ew3N.jpg
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Voi SGR Station
http://i.imgur.com/AivChpa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ffYWOn9.jpg
Mariakani Station
http://i.imgur.com/o802c6W.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/d3cNj0D.jpg
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Part of the $4 Billion is building the First Railway Training Centre (ongoing) in Africa to train the local managers/Operators and in future for the rest of Africa
http://i.imgur.com/SQfxPRU.jpg
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Part of the $4 Billion is to complete modernize the Nairobi Internal Container Terminal including upgrading all roads and infrastructure leading to and after the terminal.
http://i.imgur.com/nWExKnN.jpg
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I read an article in the DN last week. It indicated that the passenger trains will be moving an average speed of 80 km/hr
Maximum speeds 100 and 158 respectively. Average?
there is a lot of misinformation out there about the SGR project. Passenger trains will travel at 120 kph while freight trains will travel at 80kph
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just a racist news outlet , wanawashwa koo wakiona development in africa
double stacked containers on a single line has the capacity to carry much more cargo than you can imagine, 216 containers on one train.
kwa wale hawajui this is how double stacked train looks like
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There’s no where in the world where containers are stacked more than two high! Yet Kenya SGR trains must be stacked 4 up to make it upto the writer’s standards!
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@spear Makes some sense.
Itemized budget?
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Lastly, part of the $4 Billion is to build the 1st Railway container port terminal at Kilindini harbour (construction ongoing) where ships will offload cargo directly to SGR at point zero
http://i.imgur.com/CrHO9tF.jpg
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Some people regret losing ‘the Dark Continent’ to Shainaman.
Their very last chance was 2013, when they tried to foist JaKuon on us using their ICC as leverage. Now he is on the rampage like a sole male buffalo kicked out of the herd, and they no longer dare openly bet on him after two losses.
Even if our SGR is not at par with the TGV, it is 1000 times better than the 1900 line that some people uproot when annoyed.
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The SGR has provisions to upgrade it to electric train in under a year. It has cable ducts for its own fibre cables for operations and enough space for power cables and other fibre cables. What will be included are a fence and overhead cables.
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Propaganda ya huyu spear enyewe imelipiwa pesa mzuri.
Of course if you agree with gov, see the project, listen to civil servants umelipwa. But if you criticize, burn and throw stones you are independent minded. Wewe nimekupea hiyo kazi to make sure that nimelipwa while I still reside in this earth.
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Hehehehe…waaaaay ahead of yourself. The only countries in africa with such proposals so far are SA and Algeria. And they’re yet to be fully implemented…
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dont…their main occupation is DF with copyproofing as a side hustle
its probably 80.mph
hio gazeti hata usifungie nyama. hio itakuambukiza chikungunya na ikuletee ujinga
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The question is do we need them?