Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway Mombasa to Nairobi. The project cost US$3.6 billion. Financing was finalized in May 2014, with the Exim Bank of China extending a loan for 90 percent of the project cost and the remaining 10 percent coming from the Kenyan government. Laying of the track was completed in December 2016. Passenger service was officially inaugurated on 31 May 2017. Freight service began commercial operation on 1 January 2018. China Communications Construction Company will operate the railway for the first five years. Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway The Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a standard-gauge railway that connects Kenya's capital city of
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