SGR cargo service will boost businesses

It’s all very well for cargo trains to begin test runs from Mombasa to Nairobi on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in the coming weeks in anticipation that freight traffic will be introduced on this new line shortly after.

However, for the SGR to bring a better return on investment, the introduction of the cargo train must be done quickly. It cost a pretty penny — Sh327 billion to be exact — to construct the first phase from Mombasa to Nairobi and purchase the rolling stock, but ever since its launch in May, Kenya Railways has only been running a passenger service.