The delay had stalled Nairobi’s infrastructure upgrades and threatened the city’s future electric trains ambitions.

“The proposed tariff at $0.10 per person-km flat rate (Sh4,500 Nairobi–Mombasa is unattainable for now, particularly comparing it with current train and bus fares at Sh450 and Sh800 respectivel ...

It connects the tourist-favored coastal city of Mombasa and the cosmopolitan Kenya capital Nairobi. The train travels through numerous national parks, game reserves, and wildlife conservancies.

A train cruises through the Mwamdudu Primary School standard gauge railway fly-over at a speed of 100km per hour during an inaugural test run for the SGR line from Nairobi to Mombasa, which was ...