KENYA RAIL SECTOR: CURRENT PROJECTS & INVESTMENT

OPPORTUNITIES

Outline

1. Kenya Railways Mandate

2. Proposed Regional &National railway networks

2.1. Planned & Ongoing projects

2.2. Available opportunities

3. Plans & Projects under Commuter Rail

3.1. Nairobi Commuter Rail

3.2. Kisumu & Mombasa Commuter Rails

3.3. Oppurtunities

1. KR-Mandate

Include: Management of the Concession;

Promotion and facilitation of National Railway Network

Development;

Planning and Development of Metropolitan Rail

Transport Systems;

2. Regional Railway network

2. Cont… Proposed National Railway Network

2.1. Ongoing and planned projects

• LAPSSET- SGR Railway Component

Include; Northern Kenya, South Sudan & Ethiopia

• Development of Mombasa-Malaba Standard Gauge

Railway.

Long distance freight/pax and bulk transport

Scope Status

Lamu Port Contract Awarded (CCCC)

Transport corridor(Rail) MoU with CECC-Draft Feasibility Study

2.1. Ongoing MSA-NRB-MLB Track works

Features: Phase I

-Commenced Jan ‘15

-80 kph Freight

-120 kph Pax

- 32% Civil works

- Completion-2018

Phase II

-Preliminary design

2.2. Available opportunities

• Financing, Designs, Construction

works.

• Opportunity for operators on SGR

(Likely to be open access)

Freight:- container wagons, closed

wagons, tank wagons, etc

• Freight trains at 80 kph.

Long distance passenger services

• Passenger train speed 120 kph.

• Supply of locomotives and rolling

stock, train control and

communication solutions to rail

transport operators

3. Plans & Projects for Commuter Rail

Urban and

Metropolitan

Commuter Rail

Services

3.1. Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) Network

3.1 Cont.. NCR Scope

• Planned rehabilitation & doubling of 94 km route

• Modern & intermodal Nairobi central station

• New railway stations, 3 airport express stations,

Maintenance facilities

• 20 DMUs train sets & rehabilitation of 60 No.

coaches

• Operator for commuter services

• Modern signaling, train control & communication

system

3.2.. Kisumu Metropolitan Commuter Rail

• Feasibility study

complete

•KSM-968,909

people

•Neighbouring

counties-5.6M

• urban commuter

& Intermediate

distance rail

services to

nearby counties

• Intermodal-

connect to

Kisumu

International

Airport

3.2..Mombasa Metropolitan Commuter Rail

Population-940,000

Kilifi & Kwale counties-2,009,050

urban & Intermediate distance

commuter rail services

Intermodal- connect to Moi

International Airport

3.3. Available opportunities NAIROBI, KISUMU & MOMBASA COMMUTER RAILS

Financing of projects

Design and construction works

Supply of rolling stock;- DMUs, EMUs, Coaches,

Locomotives

Kisumu and Mombasa being packaged to progress

on a PPP model.

• EoI for Detailed design under WB financing

Supply & Installation of Signaling, train control and

communication systems

Operation of Commuter rails services

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