SGR

SGR passenger train to resume, but with only half capacity

Reading Time: < 1 minute Madaraka Express operator Afristar has okayed the resumption of the passenger train with the first locomotive set to leave Nairobi […]

Residents stare at bleak future as CFSs collapse

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the last eight years, Wendy Wambui Miako, a resident of Bamburi, Mombasa County, has known Container Freight Stations (CFSs) […]

Uhuru launches SGR freight operations to Naivasha

Reading Time: 3 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta today launched freight service on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha. The new service […]

In fullness of time, SGR will spur Kenya’s economy

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kingori Choto  Besides being the largest infrastructure project in post-independence Kenya, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), is also one of […]

Transfer of crucial skills among SGR staff timely

Reading Time: 2 minutes Olivia Mengich        The changing landscape of the railway transport industry poses significant human resource challenges. For this […]

Traders, MPs storm Governor Joho’s office

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho on Tuesday found himself in trouble when traders, civil society activists and section of Members of […]

Kenyans make SGR transport choice to coast

Reading Time: 2 minutes NAIROBI, On Sunday, Beatrice Kimani, a resident of Nakuru, Kenya’s fourth-largest town northwest of the capital Nairobi, traveled to Mombasa […]

Why SGR is Kenya’s new engine of economic growth

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Philip Mainga        There’s something outstanding about the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that seems to stun Kenyans. […]

SGR will open up Kenya for regional investment

Reading Time: 3 minutes Nthenya Munyao        Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched Phase 2A of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from […]

Uproar as SGR station remains closed a week after Uhuru launch

Reading Time: 2 minutes A week after President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi to Naivasha; one […]