The answer to all of the above questions is no. The only reason I have heard so far is that we are building a new Standard Gauge Railway because the current tracks cannot accommodate faster trains.

The planned Sh327 billion Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is not just a new track, but the foundation for an efficient transport corridor to catalyse Kenya’s growth into 2030 and beyond.

Tony Awany, vice chairperson of the Physical Infrastructure Committee, revealed these concerns while presenting the committee's report on the 2025/26 Budget Framework Paper. The Standard Gauge Railway ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a coordination agreement with Deutsche Bank and Société Générale to raise up to $1.2bn for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project in Tanzania.

The state's two-foot gauge railway system was made of tracks less than half the width of standard gauge railways. These narrow tracks were cheaper and easier to build while allowing trains to ...

Kenyan President William Ruto has sought the United Arab Emirates’ financial backing to extend Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway ...

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In his discussions with the UAE’s first-in-command, Ruto also signed the Kenya-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

Kenya is in discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to extend its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Uganda and South Sudan, President William Ruto announced. The initiative aims to enhance ...