Yes, I guess that is true. The route that might have some commercial viability would be to take the SGR line through Uganda to Rwanda rather than to the DRC?
johnthefireman wrote:Thanks, Roger. I love the Mazeras spiral, although it's twenty years since I've been on it.The old station in Mombasa was convenient for the town. I think I always walked into town from the train, always fortified by an excellent breakfast.
The new SGR station at Miritini is coming in for a lot of criticism. A train arrives and disgorges 1,200 passengers and immediately there is a scrum to get road transport to Mombasa. If your hotel has sent its own courtesy bus you might be OK, but all the other buses, matatus (minibuses), taxis, bodabodas (motorbike taxis) and probably even bicycles and pushcarts are up for grabs at whatever price you are willing to pay. Even if you've actually booked a taxi in advance you can't be sure that someone hasn't offered the driver a better price and off he goes without you. Rumour has it that the Chinese are now extending the SGR a few km closer to Mombasa, but who knows.