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Sh1.2trn railway starts on Thursday
harrydre
#1 Posted : Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:08:38 PM
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kingfisher
#2 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:05:37 AM
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will take a passenger train four hours to travel between Nairobi and Mombasa

is that not toooo slow?
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freiks
#3 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:17:14 AM
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kingfisher wrote:
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will take a passenger train four hours to travel between Nairobi and Mombasa

is that not toooo slow?

High speed is a high of 120kph bro on kenyan standards, but remember we need to see those animals as we pass the national parks
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#4 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:17:43 AM
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kingfisher wrote:
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will take a passenger train four hours to travel between Nairobi and Mombasa

is that not toooo slow?

An acceptable compromise IMHO ..after all, a bus ride is 7 to 8 hours...we really can't afford Bullet or Maglev trains Sad
The real value is in the freight trains. Trucks are very expensive and they keep rutting the roads,..plus congestion in Mombasa will ease because all those trucks will suddenly be out of business
jaggernaut
#5 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:54:24 AM
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Eti the railway will cost us Ksh 510m per km (or 510,000 per metre) while the world standard is 170m per km. In other words we are paying 3x the usual cost. Let the gravy train start........

rink nation.
butterflyke
#6 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:00:14 AM
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i hope this time round, crossings will have the necessary barriers and controls...
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#7 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:49:58 AM
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Wheher for personal gratification or aggradisement, I think it is a very good thing!

“The project will define my legacy as President of Kenya and it is my personal desire that the implementation is done to the highest standard,” he said.
freiks
#8 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:56:32 AM
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jaggernaut wrote:
Eti the railway will cost us Ksh 510m per km (or 510,000 per metre) while the world standard is 170m per km. In other words we are paying 3x the usual cost. Let the gravy train start........

rink nation.

From the same nation, they have compared what other nations will be spending i.e Uganda and Ethiopia and Kenya is the cheapest ama niko na gugus
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#9 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:02:15 AM
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freiks wrote:
jaggernaut wrote:
Eti the railway will cost us Ksh 510m per km (or 510,000 per metre) while the world standard is 170m per km. In other words we are paying 3x the usual cost. Let the gravy train start........

rink nation.

From the same nation, they have compared what other nations will be spending i.e Uganda and Ethiopia and Kenya is the cheapest ama niko na gugus


Jaindi Kisero's article

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But according to the government, the first phase of the new line will cost $2.9 million per kilometre.

The plan is to award the project to the state-owned China Roads and Bridges Corporation, who will also supply a total of 56 locomotives.

Ethiopia, which is currently building a railway line between Sabeta and Mieso in the Northern part of the country, is building it’s line at $3.8 million a kilometre.

In Uganda, Gauff Consultants of Germany, who have been retained as consultants for the Malaba-Kampala section of the Standard Gauge Railway, have estimated the cost at $9.3 million per kilometre.
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jaggernaut
#10 Posted : Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:10:20 AM
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Nation article had talked of Kenya spending $6m per km (ksh 510m) against a world standard of $2m (ksh 170m).
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