Kenya, China quietly strike deal on modern railway line
Chinese-built railway line will carry freight trains at speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour and passenger trains at up to 120 kilometres per hour. It will be completed in five years.
Kenya has turned to China to fund the building of a new standard gauge railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi, potentially upsetting current infrastructure arrangements with its neighbours.
The railway line, which is to be built according to Chinese railway design standards, will carry freight trains at speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour, and passenger trains at up to 120 kilometres per hour.
