SGR train moves 70,000 but delays inter-county

Atanas Kariuki Maina Managing Director Kenya Railways during a media briefing. (Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard)

More than 75,000 passengers have travelled on the Standard Gauge Railway line since it was commissioned, Kenya Railways Managing Director Atanas Maina has said.

Demand for the passenger service exceeded projections, said the MD, informing the decision to introduce additional trips between Mombasa and Nairobi that should have started Saturday. “We had anticipated that critical technical and operational handover processes would have been completed by now,” Mr Atanas said, adding “However, there has been a delay because CRBC’s key staff are arriving now and require time to go through the handover processes.”