Xinhua
20 Aug 2025, 13:17 GMT+10
(250820) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Railway workers from China and Kenya stand in front of locomotives and form the number "3000" to mark 3000 days of safe operation of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway at the locomotive operation and maintenance yard of Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited (Afristar) in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 19, 2025. The Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya has recorded 3,000 days of safe operation as of Saturday, Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited (Afristar) said in a press release on Sunday.
Since its launch on May 31, 2017, the railway has transported nearly 15.93 million passengers and more than 41.96 million tons of cargo, according to Afristar, which runs and maintains the line. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)
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