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timuka
#21 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:02:57 AM
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Cde Monomotapa wrote:
[quote=timuka]What will happen to the old railway line with the coming of the standard gauge line? and what impact will this have on the concession agreement between the government and RVR and by extension transcentury?

Salvos firing: RVR invests Sh357mn for new locomotives « Capital Business http://www.capitalfm.co....mn-for-new-locomotives/[/quote]

I really doubt whether whatever investments they are making making will yield anything that can match the standard gauge line. Time will tell but I have a feeling that this might lead to protracted court battles between RVR and GoK
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kiash
#22 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 12:03:06 PM
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I saw RVR have invested millions on the railway, someone enlighten me on this, we have the SGR by the Chinese . Which railway will RVR maintain?

http://www.youtube.com/w...OcmvVCFUvTw&index=54
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sparkly
#23 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 1:03:01 PM
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[quote=kiash]I saw RVR have invested millions on the railway, someone enlighten me on this, we have the SGR by the Chinese . Which railway will RVR maintain?

http://www.youtube.com/w...cmvVCFUvTw&index=54[/quote]

Ain't this the daftest question of the year?
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#24 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 1:38:58 PM
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sparkly wrote:
[quote=kiash]I saw RVR have invested millions on the railway, someone enlighten me on this, we have the SGR by the Chinese . Which railway will RVR maintain?

http://www.youtube.com/w...cmvVCFUvTw&index=54[/quote]

Ain't this the daftest question of the year?


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kiash
#25 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 1:44:50 PM
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sparkly wrote:
[quote=kiash]I saw RVR have invested millions on the railway, someone enlighten me on this, we have the SGR by the Chinese . Which railway will RVR maintain?

http://www.youtube.com/w...cmvVCFUvTw&index=54[/quote]

Ain't this the daftest question of the year?



Why daft ? si ujibu swali
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mkenyan
#26 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 1:50:36 PM
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sparkly wrote:
[quote=kiash]I saw RVR have invested millions on the railway, someone enlighten me on this, we have the SGR by the Chinese . Which railway will RVR maintain?

http://www.youtube.com/w...cmvVCFUvTw&index=54[/quote]

Ain't this the daftest question of the year?

ouch!
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kiash
#27 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 1:53:35 PM
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What i know is that RVR got the deal to operate the railways for 25 yrs. This is from Mombasa to Kampala. Then comes the gava who want to transform the old railways to standard gauge. So the old railway line is replaced. The Chinese on their contract they will provide the engines and some wagons, (possible for private companies to operate the same) So am seeing RVR doing repairs on a thing that they will replace. Unless the two rails run aside, then my question is will RVR maintain the new SGR which i doubt . My question remains na kama you do not have the response, spare your comment @sparkly
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Mart_Consult
#28 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 4:30:23 PM
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@Kiash the SGR will be a separate, ''larger'' (gauge size) railway line very different from the Metre Gauge used by RVR currently, thus the SGR will be more profitable to run for an entity as it shall have lower maintenance costs and larger carriage capacity. Actually on the master plan/map, the two will run close together...in some instances very close

Whether RVR will be granted rights on a conscession for SGR, we are yet to see...(I doubt it). However remember that still RVR's metre gauge has access to the interiors once revamped (esp. agricultural areas) so perhaps they can capitalise on that business as the SGR hasn't factored in such plans...yet

Let the railway be built first then we'll see KRC or Gava issue the conscession...from what I know though, these conversations start early...by 2017, it will be a tad bit too late if YOU want to get such...

Knowledge= power, Information= wealth...and ignorance? Well..

Who knows...maybe Transcentury's exit was actually an entry?
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#29 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 5:21:03 PM
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kiash wrote:
What i know is that RVR got the deal to operate the railways for 25 yrs. This is from Mombasa to Kampala. Then comes the gava who want to transform the old railways to standard gauge. So the old railway line is replaced. The Chinese on their contract they will provide the engines and some wagons, (possible for private companies to operate the same) So am seeing RVR doing repairs on a thing that they will replace. Unless the two rails run aside, then my question is will RVR maintain the new SGR which i doubt . My question remains na kama you do not have the response, spare your comment @sparkly


There will be 2 railways. The Lunatic line and the SGR. The Lunatic line is not being replaced by the SGR.

There is also the proposed railway line in the LAPSSET corridor.

In 15 short years Kenya will move from "1 line in 100 years" to 3 lines.
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kiash
#30 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 7:42:23 PM
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Applause Applause Thanks @ consulting_EAT and mart_consult. I have gotten that my question was not that daft after all. am sure @sparkly did not know and thats why he did not respond.
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