Kenya Railways partners with tea agency to transport cargo via SGR

SGR cargo train at the Nairobi terminus on April 27, 2019.

SGR cargo train at the Nairobi terminus on April 27, 2019. PHOTO | NMG

Kenya Railways and the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have entered into a partnership, which will see KTDA-managed factories transport their produce via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line from Nairobi to the Port of Mombasa for onward export.

Under the partnership, tea from KTDA-managed factories will be transported from the tea growing counties to the Nairobi Freight Terminal where it will be loaded onto Kenya Railways wagons and subsequently transported to the Port of Mombasa.