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Passenger Business:
2017 from June to Dec - 699,055 Passengers , revenue $6M
2018 - from Jan - Dec - 1.6 Million Passengers, Revenue $16Million
2019 from Jan-Sept - 1.2 Million passengers, Revenue $13M
Compared to Cargo business
2018 - From Jan to Dec 2.9M tonnes --- Revenue $41 Million
2019 - From Jan to Sept 3.2M tonnes --- Revenue $74 Million
In conclusion, the Passenger side of business is actually performing very well in comparison to its cargo counterpart. The two big stations of Nairobi and Mombasa are already starting to feel over crowded during the last 1 or so hours just before boarding starts. I bet you by 2027 when they add extra passenger trains and they also build high capacity commuter trains that will take passengers to CBD from the SGR stations in both Msa and Nrb, Those stations would be on the brink!
Don't forget, Even with the size of the Kenyan stations, which are big, they thought we wouldn't have reached 500,000 passengers p.a by 2025 (roughly 1,400 Passengers a day) and we would't have gotten beyond 1 Million pax by 2039, yet here we are right now already close to 2 Million passengers p.a (which is roughly 5,000 passenger per day over the whole route) What if they had built smaller station that had maximum capacity to handle maximum of 1,400 passenger throughput per day because they never imagined we would get beyond that in the short and long term period?
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The only thing that is under performing is the cargo transport, If the passenger service outperformed projections then the cargo service should have outperformed as well. If we handled close to 4.1 Million tonnes in 2019, and we manage to handle over 5 Million tonnes in 2020. It would mean we will have exactly 5 years to double that 5M tonnes to 10 Million tonnes by 2025 for us to meet or beat the target of 10 Million tonnes by 2025 and 15 Million tonnes by 2033 and about 20 million tonnes by 2039.. SO we have work cutout for ourselves to achieve those projections...
The haters like you can say whatever they want to make themselves feel better, but as you can see from the projections of the freight service in terms of tonnage, We are not that off track, If we can manage to add at least 800,000 tonnes of additional goods to the SGR every year , we will get to that target of 10 Million tonnes and if we don't we will be very close to achieving the 2025 target....
And BTW, embakasi ICD is already overcrowded despite having a capacity of 480,000 TEU's (which is 3/4 of Dar port) because some of the cargo being dropped there is meant for other commercial centers beyond Nairobi .... The ICD was built with the design idea that will work for Nairobi and metro cargo only, and then it would be complemented by Naivasha ICD and Kisumu ICD, And Uganda cargo will go directly to Uganda where there will be another ICD there.... So don't worry your little head, Nairobi ICD won't be congested for ever. When it eventually processes goods meant only for within Nairobi region, it will be the right capacity.
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On the other hand, what kind of data do you have for your beloved Tanzania, Any Passenger projections that justify why you built tiny stations??? Any data on cargo projections ???? Kama kawa ni maneno tu bila takwimu zozote, kila siku mnataka tusikize injili ya JPM kwamba yeye pekee kama mungu mdogo ndo anajua anachofanya na akili zote Tanzania ni yeye ndo anaweza kufikiria na sisi wengine tuamini hio injili bila kuuliza maswali mengi ... I dare you to explain to me what Tanzania is doing (that I will never understand as you said) using facts backed up by evidence of numbers and figures just like I have!