14/11/2012

Kenya: Nairobi has a new train!

I dreamt about it for long. When I was living in Nairobi, I used to tell my taxi drivers what the city really needed was a tramway or something of that kind.

Now the dream has come true and I want to be able to go back to Kenya as soon as possible to board this new train!

The BBC has a few pictures in this video and more details:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20310767

A new commuter train has been launched in Kenya's capital, Nairobi - the first of its kind since independence in 1963. 


-- 

 The story is also in The Telegraph of London, by excellent correspondent, Mike Pflanz:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9675769/Kenya-modernises-the-lunatic-line-as-it-opens-first-train-station-in-80-years.html#

Kenya modernises the 'lunatic line' as it opens first train station in 80 years

Kenya opened its first new train station in 80 years on Tuesday. Mike Pflanz looks at the legacy of the British-built railway dubbed the 'lunatic line'. 

 --

And of course in the Kenyan press:


Daily Nation: Editorials

Keep the train moving

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Keep-the-train-moving/-/440804/1619360/-/a12n2v/-/index.html

 

Capital FM:

Syokimau train service heralds new era

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/11/syokimau-train-service-heralds-new-era/

--

Looking forward!

No comments:

Post a Comment