Construction work on a standard gauge railway line in Kenya is on target, the Chinese contractor for the announced, four months after the project kicked off. China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) said it has cleared 385 kilometers of the 472km-long line. The Chinese company has also built 40.24km of railway subgrade.
Construction works on 266 slab culverts and 2 frame culverts has also started. The project that links the port city of Mombasa with the capital Nairobi is expected to be completed within 42 months.
The railway line is aimed at providing efficient and cost effective rail transport for both freight and passengers – a project that is to build Kenya into a competitive business hub in East Africa and beyond.
Passenger trains will have a speed of 120 kilometers per hour while freight trains will travel at 80 kilometers an hour.
It will take passengers four hours and a half to travel from Mombasa to Nairobi.
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