in the month of June ,2017 alone, the Madaraka Express trains moved 75,000 passengers which translated to KSh 52,500,000,considering the fact that single ticket goes for KSh 700.
According to Mohamed Hersi,a revered Kenyan hotelier ,the number of passengers moved by the SGR trains in June,2017 surpassed that of passengers moved by normal buses by nearly 2000.
Errr too much understeer. The front Pirellis are not getting enough temp from the brakes.
You’re so excited like a kid on a rollercoaster ride. Passenger revenue are like Sauber F1 team’s expenditure. The real monies are on cargo.
Sadly, the terms of contract indicated that the China Communication Construction Company will operate the line for the next 5 years; before the Kenya Railways Commission will start collecting revenues for GOK to repay the loan…
The Chinese Contractor, CRBC and the Australian firm will operate the SGR for a period of 10 years at a Fee. During this period, Kenyans will be trained on the management this infrastructure and as skills get acquired, the operator will gradually pave the way to locals to run the operations until they have full capacity to run the line efficiently.