Govt School Refurbished Ahead of SGR Takeover from Chinese 6 March 2021 - 11:35 am Transport CS James Macharia and Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga (left) in one of the classes as they inspected Railways Training Institute's newly constructed classes and laboratories. File The Railways Training Institute (RTI) has been refurbished by the government in preparation for the takeover of the Standard Gauge Railway(SGR) train operations by Kenya Railways Corporation. Speaking on March 5 during a tour of the refurbished RTI, Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary (CS) James Macharia said that the institute would enable the government to cater to a large number of Kenyans who wanted to work in the industry.