This is how SGR phase 2 will look like – PHOTOS
Construction of the 120km Nairobi-Naivasha standard gauge railway is on course after Kenya secured Sh155.5 billion from China’s Exim Bank.
The contracted builder, China Road and Bridge Construction, will move on site between this month.
This is part of the 490km phase 2 stretch from Nairobi to Malaba via Kisumu, which is divided into three sub-phases.
Phase 2A will cover the 120km from Nairobi to Naivasha while phase 2B will entail works on the 262km stretch between Naivasha to Kisumu via Narok, Bomet and Nyamira.
The final section will be phase 2C will cover 107km Kisumu to Malaba via Yala and Mumias.
The Mombasa to Nairobi line was commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta who took an inaugural ride aboard the Madaraka Express train from Mombasa to Nairobi on May 31, 2017.
It was built at a cost of Sh327 billion.
This is how some of the new sections will look like:
Nairobi – Naivasha section
The complex terrain along the Nairobi – Naivasha section will be connected through tall bridges rising up to 58m high #infrastructureke pic.twitter.com/6dFULQSe1p
— Kenya Railways (@KenyaRailways_) August 1, 2017
The nine super bridges
9 super long bridges will be constructed along the Nairobi – Naivasha section of the SGR project #InfrastructureKe pic.twitter.com/tK08W2akO1
— Kenya Railways (@KenyaRailways_) August 1, 2017
The cliffs in the Rift Valley
SGR will go through cliffs in the Rift Valley. 4 tunnels will be constructed along the section covering 7.756km #InfrastructureKe pic.twitter.com/t5qtvcxIFZ
— Kenya Railways (@KenyaRailways_) August 1, 2017
The Kisumu Terminus
An artist impression of the Kisumu Terminus to be constructed in Phase 2 of the SGR project #InfrastructureKE pic.twitter.com/oaRnmguCnD
— Kenya Railways (@KenyaRailways_) August 1, 2017
