The Kenya Railways Nairobi Central workshops have also undergone rehabilitation works to inorer to support and facilitate the maintenance of locomotives, freight wagons, passenger coaches, DMU’s, rail rescue cranes, and support plant & equipment. The facility has a capacity to overhaul at least eight (8) wagons in a day, and overhaul a locomotive within 21 days.

Works carried out in the workshops include:

  1. Overhaul of wagons, coaches and locomotives
  2. Rehabilitation of wagons, coaches and locomotives
  3. Major repairs and services on wagons, coaches and locomotives
  4. Servicing of sub-assemblies for use in the regional depots
  5. Manufacture and repair of parts
  6. Special projects, upgrades and modifications of wagons, coaches and locomotives
  7. Accident repairs of wagons, coaches and locomotives
  8. Maintenance of electrical and mechanical machines, equipment, cranes, and main substation
  9. Analysis of failures, design and quality checks.

Part of the major projects undertaken include, rehabilitation of 11 locomotives, overhaul of 22 locomotives, overhaul of over 300 wagons, rehabilitation of 74 passenger coaches, rehabilitation of Nanyuki line locomotives, AAR couplers project, ballast project, Installation of locomotives microprocessors project (QTRON), Installation of Onboard computers (OBC) project, among others.