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Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed its standard gauge railway hauled 6 million metric tons of cargo last year, from 5.4 million a year earlier. (Reporting by George Obulutsa ...
Importers were forced to transport their cargo via Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) because of a deal signed by its previous government with the Export-Import Bank of China, documents show.
The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a partially finished railway system connecting Kenya's cities. Once completed, it will link the country to the neighboring country of Uganda , and through Uganda, to South Sudan , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , and Burundi .
A Kenya Railways GE U26C type locomotive Like the other members of the East African Community , Kenya uses the narrow gauge track gauge of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) ( metre gauge ). The mainline of the KR is based on the original Uganda Railway .
The railway is owned by the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), a state-owned corporation of Kenya. It contracts the operations and maintenance of the line to the Africa Star Railway Operations Company (Afristar), a subsidiary of the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), and the primary constructor of the line. Afristar was given the legal ...
The Uganda Railway was originally built by the British to provide Uganda with access to the sea. Construction began at Mombasa in 1896 and reached Lake Victoria in 1901. The line was in part nicknamed the Lunatic Line after Henry Labouchère, a member of the British parliament, gave a mocking reply to the current British Foreign Minister support for the project in the form of a poem:
The Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) is a rail network serving Nairobi and its suburbs. It has five lines and 22 stations. In the first six months of 2023, the service was used by 7354 passengers daily. [1] After undergoing modernization, the NCR was inaugurated on 10 November 2020 by then president Uhuru Kenyatta. [4]
Transport in Kenya refers to the transportation structure in Kenya. The country has an extensive network of paved and unpaved roads. Kenya's railway system links the nation's ports and major cities and connects Kenya with neighbouring Uganda. There are 15 airports with paved runways. A map of Kenya showing main roads as of 2013.