Category: Railways

  • Kenya Railways dangles lounge, meals in SGR premium rates

    Kenya Railways (KR) is set to introduce premium class seats on its Standard Gauge (SGR) passenger trains in the next two weeks, charging customers up to three times the fare it currently charges for first class carriages on the Madaraka Express between Nairobi and Mombasa. The services, which will be…

  • Israel Railways electrification delayed by war and politics

    Over the past two years, work stoppages at night and on Saturdays, strikes, war, breakdowns and other delays have accumulated. As a result, the completion of the Israel Railways’ flagship strategic project of the past decade – the NIS 12 billion electrification of the national railway network – has become…