Chinese-built new railway in Kenya has transported 12,000 passengers

Crew members board a Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) train in Nairobi on Friday, June 9, 2017. Nearly 12,000 passengers had traveled on the newly launched SGR linking Kenya's port city of Mombasa with its capital Nairobi in the week ending Wednesday, an operator said on Thursday. The Chinese-built railway, a 480-km line which began passenger services on June 1, is currently operating with daily scheduled passenger trains from Nairobi and Mombasa. [Photo: Xinhua]