Apre yo fin pran livrezon twa nouvo mak lokomotiv Jeneral elektrik pi bonè nan mwa sa a, soti nan yon total de 20 bay lòd, Rift Valley ray tren (RVR) yè konfime ke yo te garanti yon etablisman prè US $ 20 milyon dola nan Creole Bank nan Lafrik di sid ak CFC Stanbic Bank ranpli peman pou livrezon an nan nouvo lokomotiv yo, tout nan yo ki gen yo te rantre nan flòt la pa avril ane pwochèn. RVR tèt li pral enjekte US $ 5 milyon dola nan sous entèn nan kontra a achte ki se premye a pou lokomotiv nouvo nan dè dekad apre ansyen operatè ray tren Kenya ak Uganda ray tren te echwe pou pou modènize ak ajou byen enpòtan.

Konbine avèk amenajman kontinyèl nan lokomotiv ki pi gran nan atelye pwòp konpayi an nan Nairobi, 20 mak-nouvo motè yo ap double flòt lokomotiv Rift Valley ray tren yo, kreye anpil-nesesè kapasite siplemantè pou tren ant pò a Oseyan Endyen nan Mombasa, Nairobi, ak Kanpala.

Konpayi an tou konfime ke renovasyon kontinyèl kabwèt yo pral egalman double woule ki disponib a apeprè 2,400 kabwèt nan diferan kalite nan mitan ane pwochèn lan, sa ki pèmèt plis tren ki gen pi gwo chaj al kontre ap grandi volim enpòte ak ekspòtasyon pou tou de peyi yo.

Sa a pral joui mete RVR nan pozisyon poto vis-a-vis nouvo planifye tren an estanda kalib ki se yon pwojè milti-milya dola ameriken vise konekte Mombasa, via Nairobi ak Kanpala ak Kigali. Pundits yo deja diskite ke pri a nan liy lan tren nouvo pral lakòz tarif kago yo dwe twò wo an konparezon ak ki deja egziste sistèm nan tren etwat kalib e ke nan malgre nan yon pousantaj garanti nan kago te ateri nan pò a Mombasa, chaj yo ka twò segondè e li ta ka sibvansyone pou ane k ap vini yo.

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Pundits are already arguing that the cost of the new rail line will cause cargo tariffs to be too high in comparison with the existing narrow gauge rail system and that in spite of a guaranteed percentage of cargo landed at the Mombasa port, the charges may be too high and might have to be subsidized for years to come.
After taking delivery of three brand-new General Electric locomotives earlier this month, out of a total of 20 ordered, Rift Valley Railways (RVR) yesterday confirmed that they have secured a US$20 million loan facility from Standard Bank of South Africa and CFC Stanbic Bank to complete payments for the delivery of the new locomotives, all of which are due to have joined the fleet by April next year.
Combined with the ongoing refurbishment of older locomotives in the company's own workshop in Nairobi, the 20 brand-new engines will double the Rift Valley Railways locomotive fleet, creating much-needed extra capacity for trains between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, Nairobi, and Kampala.