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SGR passenger traffic falls for first time since Covid pandemic
A standard gauge railway steward attends to a customer at the SGR Nairobi Terminus Syokimau on August 14, 2024. Kenya Railways has so far assumed 98 percent of the SGR operations with the rest expected to be concluded by December this year.
The number of passengers using the standard gauge railway (SGR) dropped last year— the first such dip since the Covid-19 pandemic— even as higher fares averted a hit on the revenues.
Data from the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) shows that 2.44 million passengers used the SGR trains last year, down 10 percent from 2.72 million in 2023 as passengers reacted to an increase in ticket prices of up to Sh1,500 from the start of last year.
