Kenya to maintain sections of metre gauge rail linking old stations with SGR
A cargo train on Kenya’s metre gauge railway in Tsavo West. The line serves areas not reached by the standard gauge railway. PHOTO| FILE
The fate of Rift Valley Railways appears to have been sealed after Kenya indicated that the operator will no longer ply the Nairobi-Mombasa route on the metre gauge as the government shifted priority to the recently launched standard gauge railway, which is expected to start cargo operations in January 2018.
