Mombasa-Nairobi railway

Overview:

• Mombasa-Nairobi railway.
• The new standard gauge railway (SGR) is the largest project to be undertaken by the Government of the Republic of Kenya in five decades and is a flagship project under the Kenya Vision 2030 development agenda.
• The Mombasa–Nairobi line constitutes the first phase of the SGR Project that aims to connect Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. 
• The railway will shorten travel time from Mombasa to Nairobi from more than ten hours to a little more than four hours.
• The project began tests of the infrastructure in May 2017.

Anna Kozakova - Journalist