Missing links raise Nairobi-Ngong SGR train commute cost

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Missing links raise Nairobi-Ngong SGR train commute cost

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Missing links raise Nairobi-Ngong SGR train commute cost
Months after launch of services to the populous metropolitan towns, the cost-cutting benefit promised by the trains remains elusive...
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Matatus Still the Better Option to Ngong, Rongai With SGR Prices Unexplainably High
The SGR definitely considered the time factor of easing transport but not the financial factor. Apparently it is more expensive using the SGR to navigate the country than using a public vehicle transport alternative...
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Low use of Nairobi to Suswa SGR raises viability question
The Nairobi-Suswa standard gauge railway (SGR) line has carried an average of 139 passengers a day in two months to mid-December, deepening doubts on viability of the multi-billion shilling project recently launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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