Tahmed Bus in a parking lot.[Photo/standardmedia.co.ke]Tahmed Bus Company has launched services meant to compete with the Standard Gauge Railway.

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Over the festive season, the firm launched 12 VIP buses with similar characteristics as the SGR.

 The company has injected Sh312 million into the 37-seater buses in a bid to compete with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train that has seen a dwindling number of passengers preferring to travel by bus. 

According to Tahmed Operations Manager Kiplangat Ng’eno, the new luxury buses will see all passengers enjoy first-class ride at no extra cost. 

“We aim to compete with the SGR, we also want to please our customers. So we have introduced 12 VIP bus units at a cost of Sh26 million each. The passengers will be paying the same flat uniform fare without discrimination,” said Ng’eno. 

The new buses will continue to ply the Nairobi-Mombasa route with new routes opening across the East Africa, including Nairobi-Kampala and Nairobi- Kigali. T