Mombasa-to-Nairobi rail line set for commissioning

Kenya is gearing up for a new era in railway transport with the impending commissioning of a standard-gauge railway (SGR) system on June 1. The East African nation has depended on a dilapidated metre-gauge railway line for more than a century, but that is about to change, following the completion of the $3.8-billion SGR line from the coastal city of Mombasa to Nairobi, the capital city.