KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220706) -- NAIROBI, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members guide as a passenger passes a fare gate at Mombasa Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya, June 1, 2017. 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/Pan Siwei)

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