A section of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train at Syokimau in Nairobi. [David Njaaga, Standard]Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has taken over the ticketing, security and fuelling operations of the Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) from Chinese firm Afristar. In 2017, KRC contracted Africa Star Railways (Afristar), a subsidiary company of China Road and Bridge Corporation, to manage SGR operations and maintenance. The operator would be in control of passenger ticketing and revenue collection. Earlier last year, the ticketing operations were riddled with scandals where Afristar, the Chinese operator of the SGR line, was accused of running largely unchecked operations where train cabins would routinely be artificially fully booked.

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2021 06:45 UTC