USA Track LLC has been in business for 15 years, manufacturing Standard gauge track. Owners Kirk Lindvig and Chris Bogus offer four diameters of curve track and four lengths of straight track.

The planned Sh327 billion Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is not just a new track, but the foundation for an efficient transport corridor to catalyse Kenya’s growth into 2030 and beyond.

The project will include the refurbishment or rehabilitation of around 470km of railway track on the line and ... "Tanzania secures $1.2bn from AfDB for Standard Gauge Railway project" was ...

The answer to all of the above questions is no. The only reason I have heard so far is that we are building a new Standard Gauge Railway because the current tracks cannot accommodate faster trains.