Kenya: The Standard Gauge Railway Takes Shape

[nyangau mkenya]

Those are for laying tracks..let us be patient,but still tutatumia tu

after laying tracks they obviously wont be exported back to china,soon they'll be used for cargo .

 

[lubazi]

This is what you get when a leader love his country congratulation kenyatta,Chinese are doing business like never before.
Here in Tz they have been involved in major gas,coal,uranium projects for energy production and bagamoyo port construction.
Its are win-win situation for Africa and china.

 

[sam999]

But I must say this statement by the Chinese leaders during the the ground breaking of the railway n nairobi gave me an orgasmic reaction MK254 nyangau mkenya Kambalanick Kafrican Hoodla

The China Road and Bridge Construction,
which is implementing the project, said in a
statement that the structure once completed
will be one of Nairobi’s landmarks “and serve
as a symbol of friendship between China and
Kenya”.
The passenger terminus of the station is
expected to hold 1,400 passengers, with a
plan to expand that capacity to 1.21 million
passengers by 2035.

The last landmark they constructed as a show of togetherness and solidarity with the afriopeople was the AU HQ in Ethiopia who has seen that building???
2017 I must be in nairobi the day of the launch!!!

 

[sam999]

UPDATE: Standard gauge rail project
Posted by Judy Mwende
Laying down the rails. Photo/CBR
Kenya has signed a new deal that will extend
the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway
to Naivasha town, some 120km northwest of
the capital.
The deal was signed on Saturday by China
Road & Bridge Corp. chair Wen Gang and
Kenya Railways boss Atanas Maina in a
ceremony witnessed by President Uhuru
Kenyatta.
The commercial contract will pave the way for
construction of phase 2A of the SGR project
that will see the line head to Naivasha to link
Olkaria’a special zones to Nairobi and the port
city of Mombasa to enable smooth flow of
goods and inputs.
A source privy to the deal told the
Construction Business Review on Tuesday that
Kenya expects to spend US$1.5 billion (about
Sh157 billion) to set up the Nairobi-Naivasha
railway.
The hefty cost has been blamed on the rugged
terrain and steep slopes of the Rift Valley –
which will necessitate construction of several
rail bridges and tunnels.
……………………..
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi
standard gauge railway is underway, with
officials saying the project is now running
ahead of schedule.
Chinese ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa said
on Monday that the contractor, China Road
and Bridge Corp., had completed half of the
construction work of bridges, culverts and
sub-grade for the project.
“Ever since the start of the construction, the
railway project has achieved significant and
vigorous progress,” said Dr Xianfa who added
that the design of the electric power to be
used in the railway is also complete.
He was speaking during a tour of the
Syokimau campsite, about 20km from Nairobi,
which coordinates the design and construction
of the infrastructure that will handle electric
power transmission that will be used by the
locomotives. The campsite will, on completion,
serve as the command centre for the railway
operation system.
The Sh345 billion project suffered a major
hitch in March after the supervising
consultants differed with the contractor over
the designs of culverts. The Kenyan
supervisors protested CRBC’s decision to use
Chinese design standard instead of the British
standard that they were familiar with –
leading to suspension of works.
The suspension of works was, however, lifted
in April after the two parties agreed to adhere
to the set requirements.
READ: Kenya railway project back on track
Since last December, the contractor has made
laudable progress on the project including
setting up two factories for the production of
sleepers and T-beams.
The two factories are located at Emali and
Kathekani, with each facility having the
capacity to produce 1.5 beams and 1,000
sleepers a day.
Sleepers are blocks that support the rails in
rail-road tracks while T-beams are used to
reinforce bridges.
Bridges will account for about 30km of the
472km railway and will be used to span
valleys, cross roads and areas where the new
railway crosses the existing metre gauge line.
The plan includes construction of a 2km
bridge over the Tsavo River as well as the
establishment of eight corridors for elephants
to pass under the line. The corridors are seven
metres high and 50 metres long each.
The standard gauge railway, whose completion
is scheduled for June 2017, will carry freight
trains at speeds of up to 80km/hour and
passenger trains at up to 120km/hour.
A standard gauge railway has a distance of
56.5 inches between its rails or between the
wheels of a train.
The new rail line will run parallel to the
existing metre gauge railway but will deviate
as appropriate in order to achieve the desired
gradient and curvature.
The project is 90 per cent funded by the China
Exim Bank, with the Kenyan government
financing the remaining 10 per cent.
READ: Kenya signs standard gauge railway
deal with China
The Mombasa-Nairobi line is expected to be
extended to Malaba, western Kenya, into
Uganda and ultimately to Kigali in Rwanda.

 

[sam999]

Hahahaha PHASE ONE YA SGR HAIJAISHA NA PHASE TWO ISHAINGIA NAKURU COUNTY HAHAHA AM SURE SGR YOTE ITAISHA BEFORE PGASE TWO IKAMILIKE



BADO NANGOJA PORT OF bagamoyo IANZE IMEANZA KWELI???

JUU NAKUMBUKA LAST MONTH LAPPSET ILIPATA 9.5BN$ TOKA USA

 

[waltham]

The Standard Gauge Railway is rapidly taking shape, transforming the landscape and livelihoods.

21 campsites have been put up along the route, each supervising the works on a particular section. Two factories have also been opened to supply the sleepers and T-Beams – for supporting bridges.

Bridges will account for 30 km of the 609 km line, including a 2km bridge over Tsavo River. Several other bridges will be built in Tsavo to allow the elephants to pass under the line. Each of these will be 7 metres high and 50 metres long.

The Sh 345 billion project is scheduled for completion in June 2017. It will carry freight trains at a speed of up to 80km/h and passenger trains at a maximum speed of 120km/h.

We have some pictures showing some of the progress.









Source: nairobiwire.com

nairobi south station recently raunched

Testing the bridge girder layer at Section 7 Emali

Here are some shots I managed. I cannot remember where I took them but it does not matter.

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Kenya SGR on Steroids!

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This thing is coming along nicely!!! M7 sees the speed at which KE is building this thing, there is no way he will even think of dealing with the south.​

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[MK254]

Mod Ab-Titchaz please make this thread sticky.

 

[sam999]

Mumeona hyo railway station au mnaongea tu mkiilenga that Nairobi south railway station dooough!!! Whaaaaat???

 

[sam999]

Mod Ab-Titchaz please make this thread sticky.

Tafadhali Ab-Titchaz I had to Google the keywords to find the threads location

 

[sam999]

MK254

He he he he NAKURU railway station ndio itakuwa HQ ya SGR wen the whole Kenyan side is completed





Construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi
segment has commenced while feasibility
studies on the Nairobi-Nakuru-Kisumu and
Nakuru-Malaba sections are expected to be
completed in June.
To ensure that decisions are reached jointly,
the protocol stipulates that the decision-
making organ of the protocol shall be a joint
ministerial committee that comprises the
transport and infrastructure ministers from the
partner states as well as a joint commission
that will include the permanent/principal
secretaries.
Amendments shall only be done with the
approval of the heads of state.
The overall objective of the protocol is to
jointly develop and operate a modern, fast,
reliable, efficient and high-capacity railway
transport system in the four countries and
Great Lakes region.

 

[sam999]

So apparently



SGR to be electrified
The Standard | 8 June 2015
Quote:
.....
The SGR is to be electrified with masts and
high voltage wires to accommodate freight
trains carrying double-stacked containers,
hence the changes, said Kenya Railways
official and SGR Project Manager Maxwell
Mengich. "With double-stacked container
freight trains, it necessitated a change to the
initial design to avoid freight trains passing
through the flight path near the Moi
International Airport, leaving the Changamwe
stretch to passenger trains only," Mengich
explained....

 

[MK254]

Asante mod, hii thread tunaenda nayo hadi Chigali/Kigali, Bujumbura, Kampala, Juba....

 

[waltham]

Asante mod, hii thread tunaenda nayo hadi Chigali/Kigali, Bujumbura, Kampala, Juba....

basi ongezea zile picha hazipo kwa root post yako ipanuke kipicha!!!

 

[sam999]

https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.n..._=1453930982_745e06e70dc6078211e82ef4d778242d


Look at this MTITO ANDEI STATION THOUGH THE DESIGN TELLS ME THAT NTAKUWA NA KAA HUKO FOR THE NIGHT PIA YA VOI NI NOMA TEKE TEKE

https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=52419a6b1f4b4581ac9b3e171a132c5e&oe=569F0AE3

 

[sam999]

waltham ulitoa wapi renders za Nairobi south railway station????

JUU nlicheki the alisema hvi so ntaka kujua how big it would actually be ikimalizwa kujengwa next year

Plus the 13 more railway stations being built along the SGR and in Nairobi county

The China Road and Bridge Construction,
which is implementing the project, said in a
statement that the structure once
completed will be one of Nairobi’s
landmarks “and serve as a symbol of
friendship between China and Kenya”.

 

[sam999]

Standard Gauge Railway
Phase I
Commencement: December 2014
Completion: Mid-2018 or 2017
Connecting: Mombasa and Nairobi
Distance: 485km approx.
Amount of track: 609km
Railway stations: 40 (total amount of stations
to be built btn Mombasa and Nairobi)
Contractor: China Road and Bridge
Corporation
Amount of workers: 30,000 Kenyans + 2,500
Chinese
Partner states: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South
Sudan
Cost for Phase I: Kes. 327bn (US$ 3.6bn)
(Nairobi to MSA)
Funding source for Phase I: (90% China Exim
Bank) (10% Government of Kenya)
Estimated cost of entire project: Kes. 1.3
trillion (US$ 13.2bn) (NBI-Kigali)

 

[sam999]

Kenya has previously said the new railway will
cut freight costs to 8 US cents a metric tonne
(1.1 tonnes) per kilometre from 20 cents now.
It is expected the line will increase the speed
of freight trains from a maximum 40
kilometres per hour to 80 kilometres per hour.
Passenger trains will be moving at a speed of
120 kilometres per hour, cutting down travel
time considerably.
At least 50 locomotives are expected to be
imported to run on the line with eight being
passenger trains while the rest will be for
cargo.
“One train will carry 1,000 people which
means that they can carry 4,000 people in one
direction and 4,000 in the other,” said Kenya
Railways project manager for the SGR Maxwell
Mengich in a previous interview.





Mr Li said that the designs for the railway
stations are complete and construction is set
to start end of August.
The Mombasa station will have a floor area of
10,000 square metres while Nairobi will have
15,000 square metres. Both will have a final
capacity of over one million passengers
annually.
Other intermediate stations include Mariakani,
Voi, Mtito Andei, Kibwezi and Athi River.

 

[waltham]

waltham ulitoa wapi renders za Nairobi south railway station????

JUU nlicheki the alisema hvi so ntaka kujua how big it would actually be ikimalizwa kujengwa next year

Plus the 13 more railway stations being built along the SGR and in Nairobi county

The locomotives (manufactured by Dalian Locomotives and Rolling Stock) Model TL-002

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[Quickly]

looking forward to the day i shall travel to mombasa in 4 1/2 hours. wtf listen to me, is it me speaking?!

 

[NairobiWalker]

Hi kitu iko BA.