Kenya receives 60 double-stack wagons for SGR

One of the 60 double-stack wagons that arrived at the port of Mombasa on June 15, 2017. /ELKANA JACOB

The Kenya Railways Corporation has received 60 double-stack wagons for the Standard Gauge Railway freight services.

KRC Managing Director Atanas Maina said this is the last batch of wagons this year.

Double stack wagons are able to transport containers with one placed on top of the other.

"More are expected by next year," Maina said.

Currently, the SGR uses single-stack and open wagons to transport cargo to Nairobi.

Speaking on Saturday at the port of Mombasa while receiving the consignment from China, Maina said they expect the SGR freight services to kick off by December.

Trials for the service has been ongoing through daily transportation of government relief food from Mombasa to Nairobi, he said.

"We are hopeful by early January we shall have fully rolled out the freight services," said the MD.

Maina said the KRC board has also come up with transportation tariffs for cargo.

"We are waiting for Cabinet Secretary's approval before we announce this to the stakeholders," he said.

A 20-foot container will cost Sh50,000 to transport from Mombasa to Nairobi.

One cargo train, pulling single-stack wagons, has a capacity of up to 88 twenty-foot containers.

With double stack wagons, the train will have a capacity of transporting over 200 containers in one trip, Maina said.

Passenger trains on the new generation line kicked off on May 29 with its official launch on May 31.

Kenya receives 60 double-stack wagons for SGR

Can someone tell me the difference btn a double stacked container wagon displayed on the foto n single container wagon?

I thought double stacked meant on top of the other! Mchina noumaaaaa. ..

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Geza Ulole said:

Can someone tell me the difference btn a double stacked container wagon displayed on the foto n single container wagon?

I thought double stacked meant on top of the other! Mchina noumaaaaa. ..

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Nope

Sammuel999 said:

Nope

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When being transported into the country don't have to be stacked, but they are capable of double-stacking.

Geza Ulole said:

Can someone tell me the difference btn a double stacked container wagon displayed on the foto n single container wagon?

I thought double stacked meant on top of the other! Mchina noumaaaaa. ..

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Geza Ulole said:

Can someone tell me the difference btn a double stacked container wagon displayed on the foto n single container wagon?

I thought double stacked meant on top of the other! Mchina noumaaaaa. ..

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Double stacked wagon kwa kuwa inabeba mzigo mkubwa zaidi na wagon yenyewe inakuwa imara zaidi. Ni simply kama gari la kubeba tani 10 comparing na la kubeba tani 20. Of course la kubeba tani 20 litakuwa limetengenezwa kwa vigezo vya kuhimili uzito huo.

Lakini hata mkitumia double stacked wagon bado uwezo wa SGR ya Kenya kubeba mzigo ni 4,000 tonnes wakati ya Tanzania itakuwa 10,000 tonnes more than twice of the Kenyan.

mulisaaa said:

Lakini hata mkitumia double stacked wagon bado uwezi wa SGR ya Kenya kubebs mzigo ni 4,000 wakati ya Tanzania itakuwa 10,000 tonnes more than twice of Kenya. View attachment 543415View attachment 543417

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Mzee wa screenshots na Kiswahili kibovu nakumbuka ipo siku tulikupa darasa la kutosha kuhusu hili, tatizo nyie huwa mna uzezeta wa kiaina hata ukielimishwa kivipi bado unabaki kama ulivyoanza.

FaizaFoxy said:

Double stacked wagon kwa kuwa inabeba mzigo mkubwa zaidi na wagon yenyewe inakuwa imara zaidi. Ni simply kama gari la kubeba tani 10 comparing na la kubeba tani 20. Of course la kubeba tani 20 litakuwa limetengenezwa kwa vigezo vya kuhimili uzito huo.

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Kuna picha walionyesha mwanzo containers on top of each other nikawaambia tunnel zao zitaleta matatizo na electrification ya the line haitawezekana. Wakabisha...[emoji3]

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Geza Ulole said:

Kuna picha walionyesha mwanzo containers on top of each other nikawaambia tunnel zao zitaleta matatizo na electrification ya the line haitawezekana. Wakabisha...[emoji3]

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You've always been proven wrong so tungoje tu.....naona umekimbia "IAAF u18 yadorora Nairobi"

mulisaaa said:

Lakini hata mkitumia double stacked wagon bado uwezo wa SGR ya Kenya kubeba mzigo ni 4,000 tonnes wakati ya Tanzania itakuwa 10,000 tonnes more than twice of the Kenyan.View attachment 543415View attachment 543417

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CC: MK254 design ya railtrack na horsepower ya vichwa vile vya 1970s capacity yake ni 4000tonnes

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mwathadan said:

You've always been proven wrong so tungoje tu.....naona umekimbia "IAAF u18 yadorora Nairobi"

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Geza Ulole said:

Only after athletic association of Kenya kuruhusu muingie bure

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mwathadan said:

Mbna Friday haikujaa na ilkua free?ata haingekua free i assure you turnout ingikua kubwa bado Saturday na Sunday... Weekdays watu wana mashuguli

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Free entrance wameruhusu kuanzia jana

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Ngoja tu itadorora Geza..... I like the way you get trained on a daily basis

Geza Ulole said:

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pingli-nywee said:

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Geza Ulole said:

Can someone tell me the difference btn a double stacked container wagon displayed on the foto n single container wagon?

I thought double stacked meant on top of the other! Mchina noumaaaaa. ..

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"KRC Managing Director Atanas Maina said this is the last batch of wagons this year.

Double stack wagons are able to transport containers with one placed on top of the other.

"More are expected by next year," Maina said.

Currently, the SGR uses single-stack and open wagons to transport cargo to Nairobi."

The concept is simply a container that is placed on top of another so one wagon carries two containers instead of one. Your earlier thoughts were right.

thisdayes said:

Good for you... CHAN ni mashindano ambayo hayako relevant, coaches na players wana ya dhalau! CAF walisha consider kuyafuta, FIFA hawa yatambui. Mileage yake ni ndogo sana, ni far better Kenya inge host U20 or U17

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Tunasubiri mpaka mkifikia hapa (video clip) ndiyo tutoe pongezi ya kimataifa

Super Giant Double Stack Container