KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

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(220706) -- NAIROBI, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People leave Nairobi Station after getting off the train of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 17, 2021. Kenya has now found a new lifeline in the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) since its launch on May 31, 2017. Data from Afristar, the SGR operator, show the modern railway has transported more than 7.7 million passengers in the last five years. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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