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A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson ), international gauge , UIC gauge , uniform gauge , normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and SGR in East Africa.
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The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a 480 km-long line that connects the port city of Mombasa with the capital city of Nairobi, replacing the colonial metre gauge railway. Construction began in 2013, and the initial segment was completed in 2017 at a cost of approximately USD$3.8 billion.
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Older railways are of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3⁄ in) metre gauge or 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm) gauge. Newly rebuilt lines will use standard gauge. Regular freight and passenger services began on the standard gauge Mombasa–Nairobi railway in 2017 and on the standard gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway in 2018.
May 30, 2017 · The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is launched in Kenya, May 30, 2017. /CFP. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) built with Chinese technology and to Chinese standards has powered the economic growth of Kenya and even East Africa by creating jobs, enhancing trade and improving transportation since its launch five years ago.
Sep 28, 2019 · The standard distance between the rails on a railroad in the United States is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. It seems like an incredibly odd measurement to have. It probably would have been easier to simply make it 5 feet or 4.5 feet. But why is the standard that way and how did it happen?
Oct 16, 2019 · CNN —. Two years after the completion of the first phase of the Standard Gauge Railway project (SGR), Kenya’s largest infrastructure project since independence, President Uhuru Kenyatta on ...
