SGR trains defy challenges to ferry over a million passengers and cargo

President Uhuru kenyatta flags off cargo during the SGR Cargo train launch at Mombasa Port on Tuesday 30/05/2017. [photo/Boniface Okendo/Standard]

About 1.3 million passengers have commuted on Standard Gauge Railway trains since the project was launched a year ago.

Over 600,000 tonnes of cargo have been hauled between Mombasa and Nairobi in the same period.