Kenya receives new wagons from China for railway freight operations


MOMBASA, Kenya, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenya received 430 wagons from China Monday to enhance freight operations on its railway network nationwide. The batch includes 230 wagons designed for the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line and 200 wagons for the Meter Gauge Railway line.

Mohamed Daghar, principal secretary at the Ministry of Roads and Transport, said the wagons will boost the evacuation of cargo from the port of Mombasa and help alleviate road congestion.

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