Kenya to build giant railway bridges over national park

The key transport link is eventually hoped to extend onwards to Uganda, and then connect with proposed lines to Rwanda and South Sudan. Photo: AFP

Kenya is to build huge railway bridges over the unique national park in the capital Nairobi, a move conservationists welcomed as a positive step.

The railway line, from the port city Mombasa to Nairobi, was due to cut through the 117 sqkm wilderness, where buffalo and rhino roam just seven kilometres from the bustling high-rise city centre.