East Africa's longest railway tunnel

[John Ashworth]

East Africas longest railway tunnel

Kenya has become the second country in Africa, after South Africa to boast of having the longest railway tunnel. The tunnel is estimated to be 7.14km stretching second to the Hex River Tunnels in South Africa which stands at 13.6km. This is the first of the three sections of the 7.14 km SGR tunnel expected after the completion of the second phase of the standard gauge railway running from Nairobi to Naivasha covering a total distance of 120 km. The Ngong tunnel is designed as a single track railway tunnel comprising of three sets: a 4.5 kilometer stretch with a buried depth of 108 meters; a 1km with a buried depth of 46 meters, and another 1.64km stretch...