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First freight train this year departs Mombasa for Nairobi

President Uhuru Kenyatta witnesses the loading and offloading of containers during the Launch of the Upgraded inland Container Depot (ICD) Embakasi, Nairobi County. [PSCU]

The first freight train on the standard gauge railway left Mombasa for Nairobi on Monday.

The train, hauling 52 wagons, left Port Reitz Freight station at 5.30am and was expected at Nairobi's Inland Container Depot at 2.20pm.

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