China’s largest train maker CRRC Corporation confirmed Friday that its subsidiary CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd has secured a business order for the maintenance of Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
The CRRC subsidiary is to provide maintenance for the 56 passenger, freight, and shunting locomotives running on the railway, which were also delivered by the same company.
Maintenance services will include equipment checks as well as minor and major repairs, CRRC said.
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As a model project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Mombasa-Nairobi SGR was constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and adopted Chinese standards and technology. China also financed 90$ of the project.
The 472-kilometre SGR linking the capital Nairobi and the port of Mombasa has been operating for over 100 days since its opening at the end of May.
Trains on the railway have carried 280,000 passengers so far, according to CRRC.
