Friends of the Rail Forum

Phase 2A of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which links Nairobi and Naivasha towns, is now complete.

Currently, testing to ensure the railway’s system meets the requisite safety standards is ongoing, with procedures such as integration of tracks, trains, signalling and communications into a safe operating unit that feeds information about track use and activity to the Centralised Traffic Control...

The Nairobi-Naivasha standard gauge railway line is expected to be commissioned on Wednesday this week after three years of construction.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to commission the second phase of the railway paving the way for passenger and cargo services on the railway line between Nairobi and Naivasha...