Kenya Railways set to revamp over new 1.15 Billion refurbishment plan

The Kenya Railways has announced its plan to re-establish itself over a new Sh1.15 billion deal with a Spanish State Company.

In the new plan, Kenya Railways seeks to acquire 11 refurbished Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), five coaches and spare parts the Spanish company.

The corporation says it targets to improve number of daily passengers from the current 13,000 to 132, 000.

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It has already refurbished forty coaches while another 20 is in progress in addition to the repair of GE class 93 locomotives.

Kenya Railways will also deploy the new DMUs in five routes: from Nairobi Central Station to Syokimau, Embakasi Village, Thika, Kikuyu and Kitengela.

It also seeks to build nine new stations in: Kenyatta University, Umoja, Kibera, Thogoto, Mbagathi Way, Thika, Kitengela, Dagoretti and Strathmore University.

The DMUs are on the other hand expected to arrive in the country from June.

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