A conductor waits for passengers by a train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)
The Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has just celebrated its 8th anniversary of safe operation.
In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic.
As the first railway built since Kenya’s independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent.
A conductor checks a passenger’s ticket at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)A conductor checks a passenger’s ticket at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)A conductor waits for passengers by a train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)Train drivers Jiang Liping (R) and Bor wave aboard a train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Guang)Train drivers Jiang Liping gets ready to operate a train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025 (Xinhua/Yang Guang)Passengers queue up to get tickets on the self-service ticketing machines at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)A passenger presents a train ticket to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)
