肯尼亚内罗毕至马拉巴铁路通道研究

A Comparative Study on Routing of Nairobi-Malabar Railway in Kenya

为进一步完善东非铁路网,合理选定内马铁路通道,通过分析内马铁路的功能定位,提出内罗毕—纳罗克—基苏木—马拉巴和内罗毕—纳库鲁—基苏木—马拉巴2条东非大裂谷线路通道方案,针对不同的通道方案,从沿线的经济据点状况及运量、地形地貌、地震裂度、地质构造、地形适应性、运输需求及工程投资等多方面比较分析,得出推荐采用内罗毕—纳罗克—基苏木—马拉巴通道方案的结论,同时内马铁路通道的建设将极大地推动肯尼亚西北部地区旅游业、物流业的发展,从而推动整个国家经济发展。

To further improve the railway network in Eastern Africa and determine the routing of NairobiMalabar railway, based on an analysis of the functions of the railway, this paper puts forward two options:Nairobi-Narok-Kisumu-Malabar and Nairobi-Nakuru-Kisumu-Malabar in the Great Rift Valley area. This paper concludes with recommendation of the first based on its comparative analysis of the two in terms of economic conditions, traffic volume, topography and landform, seismic intensity, geological structure,transportation demand and engineering investment along the two routes, which is expected to facilitate development of tourism and logistics in Northwestern Kenya and in turn to accelerate national economic growth across the whole country.