Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway


The Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway is a standard-gauge railway that connects Kenya's capital city of Nairobi to Malaba, at the international border with Uganda. The Nairobi–Malaba SGR is expected to connect to other standard gauge railways in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, under the East African Railway Master Plan.
The KSh700 billion project, is being built in phases. The Nairobi–Naivasha Section was inaugurated on 16 October 2019. The Naivasha–Kisumu Section is to follow and finally the Kisumu–Malaba Section to conclude the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway System.

Route

This part of the SGR in divided into three sections.

Nairobi-Naivasha section

This section begins at Nairobi Terminus in Syokimau, near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and ends at Suswa in Narok County, measuring. Designed to have passenger stations, the section will cost KSh150 billion to build. China Communication Construction Company is the lead contractor. President Kenyatta inaugurated this section during a celebration at Maai Mahiu SGR Terminus on 16 October 2019. Train stations are located at Ongata Rongai and Ngong. This section crossed Nairobi National Park on a bridge, between Nairobi Terminus and Ongata Rongai stations.

Naivasha-Kisumu section

This section, measuring, passes through Suswa, Narok, Bomet, Nyamira to end at Kisumu. The design of the project includes upgrading the port of Kisumu. This section of the SGR is budgeted at KSh370, funded with a loan from Exim Bank of China.
With the improvement of the port of Kisumu, transport of cargo on Lake Victoria will be promoted with traffic to Mwanza and Musoma in Tanzania, Bukasa, Port Bell and Jinja, in Uganda.

Kisumu-Malaba section

The SGR between Kisumu and Malaba passes through Yala and Mumias, and measures. The Exim Bank of China has predicated the funding of this section of the SGR on Uganda committing to construct the Malaba-Kampala section. A funding agreement was expected to be signed in September 2018, in Beijing.

Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway

In 2011, Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Road and Bridge Corporation to build a standard-gauge railway from Mombasa to Nairobi. The project cost US$3.6 billion. Financing was finalized in May 2014, with the Exim Bank of China extending a loan for 90 percent of the project cost and the remaining 10 percent coming from the Kenyan government.
Laying of the track was completed in December 2016. Passenger service was officially inaugurated on 31 May 2017.
Freight service began commercial operation on 1 January 2018. China Communications Construction Company will operate the railway for the first five years.

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