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Madaraka Express makes first stop to drop, pick passengers

The Standard Guage Railway (SGR) line locomotive engines parked at the KPA's SGR marshalling yard at the port of Mombasa, January 11, 2017. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Excitement greeted the inaugural stopover of the first inter-county train on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Voi on Tuesday.

Kenya Railways has been operating direct trips between Mombasa and Nairobi since the SGR was commissioned last month.

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