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First freight train this year departs Mombasa for Nairobi

President Uhuru Kenyatta inspecting a trial section of the SGR at Mtito Andei

The first freight train on the standard gauge railway left Mombasa for Nairobi o Monday 1.

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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