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Does Kenya Railways Really Have to Buy Used Trains From Spain?

The corporation claims that the Spanish trains are much cheaper and that France has bought similar trains. Kenya Railways says the purpose of the purchase is to see the number of people who seek rail transport increase from the current 13,000 a day to 132,000 passengers per day.

Kenya: Kenya Railways Defends Plan to Buy Used Spanish Trains

Nation, 26 February 2019

Kenya Railways (KR) has defended its decision to import 11 old Spanish trains, saying they're much cheaper and France, a first world country, has bought similar ones. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Railways - Why These Old Spanish Trains Are the Cure to Our Traffic Mess

Nairobi News, 26 February 2019

Kenya Railways (KR) has defended its decision to import 11 old Spanish trains which will ooperate as commuter trains in Nairobi. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Railways Assures Value for Money in Spain Commuter Train Deal

Capital FM, 26 February 2019

Kenya Railways has assured the public that the proposed acquisition of 11 used commuter trains from Spain is the best deal Kenya can get. Read more »
Kenya: Ministry On the Spot Over Plans to Import Ageing Spanish Trains

Nation, 24 February 2019

Kenya is planning to import 11 used diesel trains from Spain -- some as old as 25 years -- in a Sh10 billion plan for a commuter train service and high capacity buses in Nairobi,… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Railways to Acquire 11 Modern Metre-Gauge Trains

Capital FM, 10 January 2019

Plans to upgrade the aging Nairobi Commuter Railway are at an advanced stage with the anticipated arrival of eleven new Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) later this year. Read more »

Joan Pereruan/Daily Nation

A commuter train of the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service arrives at the Dandora station during a strike by the Federation of Public Transport operators in Nairobi (file photo).

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