Eastern Africa
Kenya to overhaul 363km of old Meter Gauge Railway Lines
Kenyan Railway Corporation is planning to spend a total of US$40 million to rehabilitate and restore 363 kilometres of old railway lines.
The railway lines to be rehabilitated include:
the 217 kilometres Nakuru-Kisumu meter-gauge railway;
the 77.8 kilometres Gilgil-Nyahururu MGR branch line; and
the 69.05 kilometres Kisumu-Butere railway line section.
The 3 lines proposed for rehabilitation have all been previously damaged through dilapidation, vandalism or vegetation overgrowth.
The rehabilitation works will include the replacement of all outdated rail,
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