Kenya has received the first batch of freight wagons that will be used on the Standard Gauge Railway.
The freight wagons will be used in cargo transportation.
They were received on Monday under the supervision of the China Road and Bridges Corporation.
The company was contracted to construct the Standard Gauge Railway and also oversee the locomotive that will be used on the rail.
In a statement, Kenya Railways Managing Director Atanas Maina said that the Wagons had arrived 106 days to the official launch.
“The rolling stock has started to arrive 106 days to the launch date, which gives us reasonable time to start our testing and commissioning in readiness for trial operations as we bring on board the rail operator on 1 June 2017," said Maina.
"This is the first batch of the 1,620 wagons which will be used in the movement of cargo between Mombasa and Nairobi,” he added.