Cost comparison SGR Kenya vs SGR Tanzania

Cost comparison SGR Kenya vs SGR Tanzania

Tanzania launches standard-gauge railway project
Written by David Briginshaw
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  • TANZANIA’s president Mr John Magufuli officially launched construction on April 12 of the first phase of the country’s 2561km standard-gauge railway project which will eventually link the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam with Mwanza on Lake Victoria and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika, as well as neighbouring Rwanda and Burundi.


    The 205km first phase will run from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro and is expected to be completed October 2019. A $US 1.2bn contract to build this section was awarded to Yapi Merkezi, Turkey, and Mota-Engil, Portugal, in February.
    Korea’s national railway operator Korail was awarded a contract by Tanzania’s Reli Assets Holding Company on April 10 to provide consultancy services. Korail will supervising the design and construction of the standard-gauge line from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, and will begin working on the first section on May 5.

    Phase one will be designed for 160km/h operation and will have six stations including a dry port at Ruvu. The line is expected to carry 17 million tonnes of freight annually.
    President Magufuli says the Turkish president, Mr Recep Erdogan, expressed an interest in funding the 336km second phase from Morogoro to the capital Dodoma during his visit to Tanzania in January.

    Magufuli also revealed that the World Bank is providing Shillings 300bn ($US 134.7m) to assist with the maintenance of Tanzania Railway’s 2700km metre-gauge network.

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Turkish firm to build high-speed rail line in E. Africa


Project to connect Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania

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Turkish construction enterprise Yapi Merkezi is building a high-speed rail line in East Africa, said the company in a press release on Thursday.

The Istanbul-based company said railroad project will connect Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania and provide access to the Indian Ocean from East Africa.

The first part of the project will link the Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam with the city of Morogoro involving 205 kilometers (127.3 miles) out of total 1,224 kilometers (760.5 miles).

The firm said the groundbreaking ceremony of the nearly $1.1 billion project was held on April 12 in Tanzania.

It added trains will be able to travel up to 160 kilometers per hour (99.4 miles per hour) on the railway between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.

The joint venture between Yapi Merkezi and Portuguese company Mota-Engil will enable Dar es Salaam, one of Africa's most important tourist destinations, to make a breakthrough in terms of commerce and tourism, the firm said.

The Turkish and Portuguese companies won the tender held by the Tanzanian Railways Authority (Reli Assets Holding Company Limited) on Dec. 6, 2016.

Founded in 1965, Yapi Merkezi completed 41 railroad projects by the end of 2016. The Turkish company lastly completed the Eurasia Tunnel, which is an underground road link spanning Istanbul’s European and Asian sides.

Mota-Engil has 71 years of experience in the industry and is regarded as one of the top Portuguese construction companies.

Turkish firm to build high-speed rail line in E. Africa
 
Geza Ulole said:
Turkish firm to build high-speed rail line in E. Africa


Project to connect Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania

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ANKARA

Turkish construction enterprise Yapi Merkezi is building a high-speed rail line in East Africa, said the company in a press release on Thursday.

The Istanbul-based company said railroad project will connect Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania and provide access to the Indian Ocean from East Africa.

The first part of the project will link the Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam with the city of Morogoro involving 205 kilometers (127.3 miles) out of total 1,224 kilometers (760.5 miles).

The firm said the groundbreaking ceremony of the nearly $1.1 billion project was held on April 12 in Tanzania.

It added trains will be able to travel up to 160 kilometers per hour (99.4 miles per hour) on the railway between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.

The joint venture between Yapi Merkezi and Portuguese company Mota-Engil will enable Dar es Salaam, one of Africa's most important tourist destinations, to make a breakthrough in terms of commerce and tourism, the firm said.

The Turkish and Portuguese companies won the tender held by the Tanzanian Railways Authority (Reli Assets Holding Company Limited) on Dec. 6, 2016.

Founded in 1965, Yapi Merkezi completed 41 railroad projects by the end of 2016. The Turkish company lastly completed the Eurasia Tunnel, which is an underground road link spanning Istanbul’s European and Asian sides.

Mota-Engil has 71 years of experience in the industry and is regarded as one of the top Portuguese construction companies.

Turkish firm to build high-speed rail line in E. Africa
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Does this US $1.2 billion contract include rolling stock (locomotives, coaches and wagons).
If yes which company has been awarded the locomotives deal, is it G.E, Bombardier, Alstom, CRRC, Mitsubishi au Siemens?
 
Yule-Msee said:
Does this US $1.2 billion contract include rolling stock (locomotives, coaches and wagons).
If yes which company has been awarded the locomotives deal, is it G.E, Bombardier, Alstom, CRRC, Mitsubishi au Siemens?
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don't worry our rolling r shown on the animation will definitely be superior to Kenya's!
 
While in Kenya, SGR is already a reality!! tazama hapo katikati ya video speed ya hizo machine, kwenye barabara truck inapitwa ni kama imesimama
 
Yule-Msee said:
Relax, sio mashindano. What I'm asking, is the cost of rolling stock in the 1.2 billion contract?
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The qn is irrelevant if the comparison is the 1970s diesel engines while in the animation of Tanzania's SGR u can spot the latest electrical engines!
 
Yule-Msee said:
Relax, sio mashindano. What I'm asking, is the cost of rolling stock in the 1.2 billion contract?
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The qn is irrelevant if the comparison is the 1970s diesel engines while in the animation of Tanzania's SGR u can spot the latest electrical engines!
 
Geza Ulole said:
Huwezi kukuta news kama hii Kenyan media
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Ni kweli Geza nimechungulia gazeti linalojiita understand the Region,hakuna kitu kama hiki ndio tujue kwamba,ni understand kenya sio East Africa. lakini vijihabari visivyo na msingi wanakimbilia kuandika.
 
Kuna makala moja nzuri sana New Vision toka ministry of infrastructure inachambua cost ya SGR kati ya nchi nne yaani Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia na Tanzania. Believe me Tanzania ina advantage kubwa sana kuchukua Mradi huu as far as terrain, speed and cost r concerned.
 
Edward Wanjala, if u have ever happened to know a bit of Physics then u would have a slight understand what it takes to have a train cruising at 160km/hr! Since safety consideration has to be assured and only via superior standards! Believe me that at 160 km/hr our SGR will be twice better than Kenya's that speed is capped at 80km/hr!
 
Geza Ulole said:
Edward Wanjala, if u have ever happened to know a bit of Physics then u would have a slight understand what it takes to have a train cruising at 160km/hr! Since safety consideration has to be assured and only via superior standards! Believe me that at 160 km/hr our SGR will be twice better than Kenya's that speed is capped at 80km/hr!
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Man, can you teach me physics?? Oh! By the way, is your line going to be continuous welding??

Secondly our lines are class 1, takes the bullet trains after continuous welding.

Our trains capped at 80 KM/H are only for cargo, Passenger can go at any speed!

All the same, we are arguing on something we have not seen, yours i way far from knowing what it will be like.
 
Edward Wanjala said:
Man, can you teach me physics?? Oh! By the way, is your line going to be continuous welding??

Secondly our lines are class 1, takes the bullet trains after continuous welding.

Our trains capped at 80 KM/H are only for cargo, Passenger can go at any speed!

All the same, we are arguing on something we have not seen, yours i way far from knowing what it will be like.
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I thought u have already cross checked the facts! Ours will be continuous welded whereas Kenya's is not n yet u paid 3× the price!
 
Just got more details, the tender for locomotives is yet to be given, this 1.2billion contract is just for civil works. Waiting for the locomotives contract
 
Yule-Msee said:
Just got more details, the tender for locomotives is yet to be given, this 1.2billion contract is just for civil works. Waiting for the locomotives contract
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Does that detail substantiate the cost of SGR Kenya be 3 times the cost of SGR in Tanzania while not electrified n not continuous welded n at any time the cost of locomotives never exceeds 15% of the cost of the whole track?
 
East Africa: Tanzania Starts Construction of Railway Line Link to Uganda
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Map of the Tanzania's rail line.
By Frederic Musisi
Kampala — Tanzania has started building the 300km Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, which line is expected to be extended to Port Mwanza on Lake Victoria to link Uganda.

This development will put the spotlight on plans which should have seen Uganda either renovating the run-down Port Bell in Luzira or starting work on the proposed Greenfield Bukasa Port in Kirinya, Wakiso District.


The Bukasa option has been estimated to cost Shs486 billion ($180 million) and if linked with the railway line from Tanzania, would become a part of both the Southern and Central transport corridors, respectively.

Construction of the multi-billion railway line was launched on Wednesday by Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli. In attendance, on behalf of Uganda, was the Charge d'Affaires at Uganda's High Commission, Mr Oscar Edule, who is currently holding forte, pending new High Commissioner Richard Kabonero's assuming office.

"Our main focus is to improve the infrastructure sector, something which will in turn improve other sectors," Mr Magufuli remarked at the ceremony held at Pugu Railway Station in Dar-es-Salaam.

The electric railway has been designed to support a maximum speed of 160km/h for passenger trains and 120km/h for freight. It is expected to be complete within 30 months.




Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's principal port with a rated capacity of 4.1 million down weight tonnage (dwt) dry cargo and six million dwt bulk liquid cargo.



Uganda is still struggling with similar ambitions, and is locked in talks to convince China's Exim Bank to release $2.3 billion (Shs8 trillion) for construction of a 273km SGR line running from Malaba to Kampala. The tender for construction was awarded to China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) in 2014. Works were expected to last 42 months.

During his visit to Tanzania in February, President Museveni was told by Tanzanian authorities of their plans to construct the SGR, a revelation which technocrats in Uganda's ministries of Finance and Works interpreted as an attempt by Tanzania to sway him as happened in the case of $3.4 billion crude export pipeline project.

Tanzania is constructing its SGR at a much lower cost at $5 million (Shs17b) per kilometre compared to Uganda's $8.4 million (about Shs30 billion) per km.


Beijing, which has for months been very guarded on financing the railway from Nairobi to Kampala and has been shuttling back and forth with economic calculations, boxed Uganda and Kenya into a tight corner, forcing them to agree, guarantee and ensure timely construction of the connecting routes for the railway to run seamlessly from Mombasa to Kampala.

On the Kenyan side--the line (120km) running from Nairobi to Naivasha in Kenya is expected to cost$1.7 billion (Shs6 trillion), from Naivasha to Kisumu port (266km), the cost estimate stands at $3.6 bilion (Shs13 trillion), while the 107km line connecting to Malaba on the Uganda-Kenya border will cost $1.7 billion (Shs6 trillion).

After completion of the Malaba-Kampala line (the eastern route), Uganda had planned to embark on the western route from Kampala to Ntungamo near the border with Rwanda, and then on to the northern route from Tororo to Packwach near the border with South Sudan.

The entire SGR project in Uganda is expected to cost $12.8 billion (Shs46 trillion) making it the most expensive infrastructure project in Uganda's history
 
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