"Kafrican, post: 30017864, member: 270766"]1) Actually the track distance of the actual rail is 609km vs the ethiopian one which has atrack leght of 756km..........................................
ANS.At $5.6m per kilometre for the track alone, Kenya's line cost close to three times the international standard and four times the original estimate.and according to all international news its 472km (293 mile) maybe if you want us to stand on your cooked up government website data
2) Ethiopia rail doesn't cater for wildlife crossing while ours is full of bridges and fenced all the way to cater for that..........................
ANS pathetic Directly after Awash station, the line crosses 60 meters above the
Awash River canyon over a 155 meter long bridge, the main bridge of the railway
2)Ethiopia have 16 train stations (both persenger and passing station) along the whole route because no one lives in between the two capitals, while Kenya SGR has a total of 33 stations. i.e a station every 18 km...
ANS........There are 21 dedicated railway stations along the railway on ethiopian railway while there are nine passenger stations between Mombasa and Nairobi.
- Mombasa Terminus[13]: Concentric circles and a central tower, representing a ripple in the ocean.
- Mariakani: Porticos are inspired by coconut trees, which are plentiful in the region.
- Miasenyi: White and brown stripes, inspired by the stripes of a zebra.
- Voi: V-shaped like a person with raised hands, representing the spirit of Harambee. V is also the first letter of Voi.
- Mtito Andei: Sloping roofs, representing Mount Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills.
- Kibwezi: Based on traditional African architecture, with leaves that shade passengers from the sun.
- Emali: A closed fist, representing unity.
- Athi River: Shaped like the region's hills.
- Nairobi Terminus[14]: Two trains with a bridge on top.
3) Ethiopia got 32 electric trains and 1000 rail wagons....while Kenya has 56 diesel trains and about 1,800 wagons... With double stack capability...........................................
ANS The Ethio-Djibouti standard gauge railway project boasts of more than 30 electrical locomotives supplemented by six diesel engines and 1,172 boxcars. Out of these, 1,100 are freight wagons, 41 locomotives (35 electric and six diesel) and 30 passenger coaches. The railway line is serviced by a 27.5kV overhead line.
4) and the most important factor of all. Ethiopia rail has a design capacity of 18 million tonnes p.a with possibility of being upgraded to 25million p.a in future while Kenya SGR current design capacity is 22million tonnes with possibility of upgrading up to 35 million tonnes p.a...
ANS.. Is Kenya's new railway good value for money?
You are one of those cluesell people who debate on issues when they have no facts just bunch of heresay , enda kule skyscrapeecity Kwa page ya Ethiopia SGR uangalie vile waEthiopia wenyewe wanakiri SGR Kenya ni superior kuliko Yao..... And ohh BTW unajua SGR ya Ethiopia Hadi Leo haijaanza scheduled services ya kubeba mizigo miaka mitatu tangu imalizike, Hadi wa Leo mizigo inabebwa mara moja moja bila specific schedule ... Sisi tulimaliza ujenzi mwaka mmoja baadaye na tayari kuna treni kibeo Hadi ukisafiri na usiku unapishana na kama treni Tatu hivi usiku wa manane!
A fool may be an otherwise intelligent person who has been hoodwinked, but a stupid person is one who lacks intelligence.You my friend is either a politician or a stupid.[/QUOTE]