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Syokimau Railway Line
Blackberry
#121 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 3:36:53 PM
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mazingira wrote:
Kenyans ...wake up please... thank whoever implemented this thing ... its great and its traffic of the roads ... just keep the stuff clean and maintain quality ... if you drop the prices too much ...vandals and riff raff , pick pockets and hooloigans will be all over the line. This is a pilot project let it suceed and then maybe the msa -- nairobi -- malaba / eloret --- kampala lines ...we need to get the roads clearer and moving and this is the only way. so what if its a little more expensive , what about the toll it takes on you to get to work by road or in a squashed stinking matatu . So what if you stand for 15 minutes ...wake up kenyans and stop cribbing


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Kausha
#122 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 3:50:22 PM
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I think we have suffered too much that whatever little is thrown our way we over-celebrate and thank whoever it is that delivered with reverence of the Holy Pope which is very very wrong. It just shows how our national pride, dignity and self esteem has been desecrated by our leaders. Look, commuter rail is a much needed item in Nairobi and Mombasa but that Syokimau is a poorly executed project and reeks of corruption. Don't also mix issues the Mombasa Kampala railway is the priority and infact we ought to slow down every other project and allocated resources to this yesterday. One other thing, the syokimau train uses heavy industrial diesel which is also a pollutant..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...
Impunity
#123 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 10:36:38 PM
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eduu wrote:
Impunity wrote:
eduu wrote:
The passangers were few for peak hour, around 50.


How many cabins was the engine pulling in total?
d'oh!

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Not many, maybe 6 or 7 but they are huge.


So 50 peeps in one cabin or 50 peeps in all 6 cabins?
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Impunity
#124 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 10:56:38 PM
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Blackberry wrote:
mazingira wrote:
Kenyans ...wake up please... thank whoever implemented this thing ... its great and its traffic of the roads ... just keep the stuff clean and maintain quality ... if you drop the prices too much ...vandals and riff raff , pick pockets and hooloigans will be all over the line. This is a pilot project let it suceed and then maybe the msa -- nairobi -- malaba / eloret --- kampala lines ...we need to get the roads clearer and moving and this is the only way. so what if its a little more expensive , what about the toll it takes on you to get to work by road or in a squashed stinking matatu . So what if you stand for 15 minutes ...wake up kenyans and stop cribbing


Applause Applause where is the Like Button


Ditto! Button is there.
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Impunity
#125 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 10:59:06 PM
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Kausha wrote:
I think we have suffered too much that whatever little is thrown our way we over-celebrate and thank whoever it is that delivered with reverence of the Holy Pope which is very very wrong. It just shows how our national pride, dignity and self esteem has been desecrated by our leaders. Look, commuter rail is a much needed item in Nairobi and Mombasa but that Syokimau is a poorly executed project and reeks of corruption. Don't also mix issues the Mombasa Kampala railway is the priority and infact we ought to slow down every other project and allocated resources to this yesterday. One other thing, the syokimau train uses heavy industrial diesel which is also a pollutant..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...


The same "clean electricity" is being generated by burning some heavy diesel fuel someplace.

Its a convoluted world my friend.
Shame on you Shame on you
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Kausha
#126 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:44:33 AM
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Think Hydro, geothermal, wind...the world is not very convoluted it is we who make it by making bad choices or not making any at all. The thermal plants are meant to be temporary but they have a way of coming up before elections to provide funding- again bad choices..
Spend.thrift
#127 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:49:00 AM
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murchr wrote:
Impunity wrote:
Aguytrying wrote:
selah wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Morning misadventure as new city train stalls
http://www.businessdaily.../-/mebpydz/-/index.html

Didn't someone talk of (un)reliability?


The trains are prone to breakdowns at very in accessible places...so if you are to use them you shld be aware of that fact .... But the syokimau train is under very good management if it stalls the management takes very little time to salvage the situation unlike the other routes where it can take hrs or even abandonment(passegers are forced to search for alternatives) until the following day.

The New promotion is really increasing the number of people Using the train..I think it was a bright Idea....they might make the promotion permanent.I.e 100/= return.




plus free parking! i wish i lived there


If I park my car there for a whole week will they tell?


If you parked your car at JKIA for a whole week would they tell?


If you park you car at JKIA for a week, they don't ned to tell. You are the one who will tell when exiting the airport because of the amount of money you will be relieved of.
Impunity
#128 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:09:08 PM
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Spend.thrift wrote:
murchr wrote:
Impunity wrote:
Aguytrying wrote:
selah wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Morning misadventure as new city train stalls
http://www.businessdaily.../-/mebpydz/-/index.html

Didn't someone talk of (un)reliability?


The trains are prone to breakdowns at very in accessible places...so if you are to use them you shld be aware of that fact .... But the syokimau train is under very good management if it stalls the management takes very little time to salvage the situation unlike the other routes where it can take hrs or even abandonment(passegers are forced to search for alternatives) until the following day.

The New promotion is really increasing the number of people Using the train..I think it was a bright Idea....they might make the promotion permanent.I.e 100/= return.




plus free parking! i wish i lived there


If I park my car there for a whole week will they tell?


If you parked your car at JKIA for a whole week would they tell?


If you park you car at JKIA for a week, they don't ned to tell. You are the one who will tell when exiting the airport because of the amount of money you will be relieved of.


Do KR facility at Syokimau have the same system or you to vacate by 10pm?
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Blackberry
#129 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:02:37 PM
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Impunity wrote:


Do KR facility at Syokimau have the same system or you to vacate by 10pm?


There's a day they asked we fill details as we were parking. my guess is (I hope)they will try to contact before they tow your vehicle or whatever

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Pesa Nane
#130 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:52:32 PM
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Is there any (commercial) feasibility study published for this thing? Please LINK
Pesa Nane plans to be shilingi when he grows up.
murchr
#131 Posted : Friday, November 30, 2012 5:05:28 AM
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I guess the train will be full this morning
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Impunity
#132 Posted : Sunday, December 02, 2012 8:52:47 AM
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murchr wrote:
I guess the train will be full this morning


Was it furu?
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murchr
#133 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:24:34 AM
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Kenya Railways has now partnered with Double M - Public Service Vehicle operators to provide rail connect services to your destination. The rail connect buses will deliver you to Syokimau railway station from Mlolongo area, Syokimau, Athi River JKIA, and Kitengela. You can then board the train to town.
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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#134 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:50:58 AM
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murchr wrote:
Kenya Railways has now partnered with Double M - Public Service Vehicle operators to provide rail connect services to your destination. The rail connect buses will deliver you to Syokimau railway station from Mlolongo area, Syokimau, Athi River JKIA, and Kitengela. You can then board the train to town.


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Money Whisperer
#135 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:52:50 AM
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Kausha wrote:
..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...

These are run with electricity generated from nuclear energy
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Kausha
#136 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:03:49 AM
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@money....moot point, mains electricity could be thermal, nuclear, hydro doesn't matter. Mains = Grid. Point I was making is they don't burn diesel or other fuel to generate power or electric energy.

Meanwhile, can someone update us on how the commuter rail is running! Unless the current route and fair are altered this train service will not last long!!
Impunity
#137 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:40:04 AM
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murchr wrote:
Kenya Railways has now partnered with Double M - Public Service Vehicle operators to provide rail connect services to your destination. The rail connect buses will deliver you to Syokimau railway station from Mlolongo area, Syokimau, Athi River JKIA, and Kitengela. You can then board the train to town.


At an extra cost or the cost remains the same?
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#138 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 9:57:37 AM
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Money Whisperer wrote:
Kausha wrote:
..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...

These are run with electricity generated from nuclear energy


Not always, only a small percentage of worldwide electric trains use energy generated from Nuclear energy.
For instance Venezuela use diesel powered thermal electric power plants to produce electricity for the national grid, the grid electricity which is used to run the country's electric trains.
The last time I checked,Venezuela had no single nuclear power plant.

The dirty engines you see pulling the Syokimau express are all electric trains, only that they are kind of self contained, producing their own electricity from huge diesel fired internal combustion engines, they dont draw electric power from the the grid.

So for your information Kenya has electric trains.
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mawinder
#139 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:28:22 AM
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Impunity wrote:
Money Whisperer wrote:
Kausha wrote:
..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...

These are run with electricity generated from nuclear energy


Not always, only a small percentage of worldwide electric trains use energy generated from Nuclear energy.
For instance Venezuela use diesel powered thermal electric power plants to produce electricity for the national grid, the grid electricity which is used to run the country's electric trains.
The last time I checked,Venezuela had no single nuclear power plant.

The dirty engines you see pulling the Syokimau express are all electric trains, only that they are kind of self contained, producing their own electricity from huge diesel fired internal combustion engines, they dont draw electric power from the the grid.

So for your information Kenya has electric trains.

ditto!
nakujua
#140 Posted : Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:47:15 AM
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Impunity wrote:
Money Whisperer wrote:
Kausha wrote:
..decent commuter trains use electricity from the mains...

These are run with electricity generated from nuclear energy


Not always, only a small percentage of worldwide electric trains use energy generated from Nuclear energy.
For instance Venezuela use diesel powered thermal electric power plants to produce electricity for the national grid, the grid electricity which is used to run the country's electric trains.
The last time I checked,Venezuela had no single nuclear power plant.

The dirty engines you see pulling the Syokimau express are all electric trains, only that they are kind of self contained, producing their own electricity from huge diesel fired internal combustion engines, they dont draw electric power from the the grid.

So for your information Kenya has electric trains.


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