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January 4, 2021 | Africa

Kenya Railways launches overnight Nairobi - Mombasa service

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) has introduced a new overnight service between Nairobi and Mombasa using the country’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

December 16, 2020 | Africa

Kenya reintroduces Nairobi - Nanyuki passenger services

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) reintroduced commercial passenger services on the 177.2km Nairobi - Nanyuki metre-gauge line on December 11, more than two decades after they were withdrawn.

November 25, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan court quashes mandatory use of SGR for freight

KENYA’s High Court has dealt Kenya Railways Corporation’s (KRC) rail freight business a major blow after quashing an earlier government directive requiring the transport of all imported containers on the 578.8km standard gauge railway (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi.

November 11, 2020 | Fleet

Kenya introduces DMUs on Nairobi commuter network

KENYA Railway Corporation (KRC) began operation of five metre-gauge class 61 DMUs on the Nairobi Commuter Network (NCR) on November 10, following a ceremony at Nairobi Central station attended by Kenyan president, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta.

October 26, 2020 | Africa

Uganda launches Tororo - Gulu line rehabilitation

UGANDA has launched a project to rehabilitate the 375km metre-gauge Tororo - Gulu railway at a cost of €34.6m with financial support from the European Union.

September 26, 2020 | Policy

Kenyan parliamentary committee recommends renegotiation of SGR costs

A report by the Kenyan Parliament’s Transport Committee has recommended a programme of reforms to reduce losses on the 729km Mombasa - Nairobi - Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

June 26, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan Court of Appeal finds SGR construction contract illegal

THE Kenyan Court of Appeal has found that the Shillings 500bn ($US 4.7bn) construction contract for the country’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was made illegally.

December 19, 2019 | Africa

Kenya Railways opens standard-gauge Naivasha container terminal

PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya flagged off the first standard-gauge freight train to Naivasha inland container terminal in Nairobi on December 17.

September 13, 2019 | Africa

Testing begins on Kenya Standard Gauge Railway Phase 2A

TEST running has begun on Phase 2A of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), the line’s builder China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) confirmed on September 10.

May 3, 2019 | Freight

Kenya Standard Gauge Railway launch drives freight growth

THE launch of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services in Kenya in 2018 increased freight traffic between the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa and the country’s capital Nairobi by 209%, according to a new report.

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