The answer to all of the above questions is no. The only reason I have heard so far is that we are building a new Standard Gauge Railway because the current tracks cannot accommodate faster trains.

The planned Sh327 billion Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is not just a new track, but the foundation for an efficient transport corridor to catalyse Kenya’s growth into 2030 and beyond.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a coordination agreement with Deutsche Bank and Société Générale to raise up to $1.2bn for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project in Tanzania.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), in collaboration with APM Terminals (APMT), has officially flagged off the expansion of container traffic on the standard gauge rail line from Apapa Port ...