Standard gauge railway contractor launches training facility to equip local workers

A security officer keeps guard at a section of the standard gauge railway under construction by the China and Bridges Corporation Company. The firm has set up a technology-transfer training centre to give locals a handle on railway construction as well as prepare them to maintain the facility once complete. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

The standard gauge railway (SGR) contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), has launched a railway technology transfer training facility in Voi to improve capacity of its Kenyan employees.

Once complete, passenger trains using SGR will cruise at speeds of 120 kilometres per hour while cargo trains will run at 80 kilometres per hour.