| Updated Thu, January 19th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAYS PROGRESS Old Cargo train passes near the new Nairobi South Railway Station,Section 8,Syokimau during the tour of the progress of the SGR. The new development is a major boost to Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project, whose viability had been threatened by Uganda’s earlier decision to bolt out of a joint venture on the project. Uganda, which plans to start producing oil by about 2020, is seeking to build a combined 1,724 kilometres of standard-gauge railway as part of a regional project eventually connecting the capitals of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. “As soon as studies are complete and approved, and funds secured, works on the other sections of the SGR will commence,” Kyamugambi said. The rails on standard-gauge tracks are spaced about 1,435 millimetres (56.5 inches) apart, while many older railways use a 1,000-millimeter spacing.

Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2017 19:56 UTC