Kenya Railways plans to import used trains at Sh1.15b

Passengers on board a train plying one of the Nairobi routes (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya Railways (KR) has announced plans to acquire 11 refurbished Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), five coaches and spare parts from a Spanish State Company at the cost of Sh1.15 billion to improve its commuter rail services within Nairobi.

The corporation says it has an ambitious plan, which targets to improve number of daily passengers from the current 13,000 to 132, 000.