Kenya's SGR trains using 38 million litres of diesel annually
Kenya’s standard gauge railway passenger train arriving in Nairobi. Kenya Railways Corporation revealed it requires over 38 million litres of automotive diesel to keep its locomotives running annually. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP
A mega petroleum order has provided a peek into the cost of running passenger and cargo trains on the Chinese-built standard gauge railway (SGR) even as oil marketers scrambled for the multi-billion-shillings supply contract.
A disclosure by the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) revealed that it requires over 38 million litres of automotive diesel to keep locomotives running on the SGR for a year.
