Upgrade of Kisumu metre gauge line starts on Aug 1

[John Ashworth]

Upgrade of Kisumu old rail line starts on Aug 1

SUMMARY

- Kenya Railways will in the next two weeks start the upgrade of the old track from Nakuru to Kisumu after dropping the use of external contractors.
- Philip Mainga, the Kenya Railways managing director, said that the refurbishment of the rail network, which is more than a century old, would start on August 1 and take eight months.
- The project marks a policy U-turn given that the State earlier ruled out reviving the line that had fallen into disrepair...

[John Ashworth]

Photo showing what it used to be like: http://friendsoftherail.com/forum/viewt ... 19&t=17753

[John Ashworth]

Kenya to rehabilitate Nakuru – Kisumu railway

The national government of Kenya through the national railway cooperation (Kenya Railways Corporation) is set to begin the reconstruction of the old/meter-gauge railway line from Nakuru to Kisumu come next month...

The ultimate 216km Nakuru to Kisumu railway line, whose funds will come from internal resources, will connect to the recently refurbished Kisumu port to enable ferrying of passengers and goods such as fertilizer, cement, rice, edible oil, and spare parts, etc. to the neighboring Republic’s of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo on ships via Lake Victoria. The Lake will be a crucial transport corridor in the shipment of general cargo into and out of the East African region.