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China Daily Africa | Updated: 2017-05-26 09:58
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Mtito Andei is one of the stations on the SGR line. Its architectural design is inspired by Mount Kilimanjaro and the cloud cover around it. Photos Provided to China Daily

 

The architectural design of the Nairobi Terminus is inspired by the Diesel Multiple Unit, which makes it look like a locomotive with one end facing Mombasa and another end facing Malaba.

 

The front elevation of the SGR Kibwezi Intermediate Station. The architecture is inspired by makuti houses common in the area.

 

The use of lines and curves by the architects of this marvelous building is mind-blowing. Staying true to the basics of design and combining that with today's modern world is what makes this structure stand out.

 

Four pairs of newlyweds cut a cake together at a ceremony for a group wedding on May 20, 2017, at the newly completed Nairobi Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway. Liu Hongjie / China Daily

 

A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.

 

One of the locomotives that will be used on the Standard Gauge Railway is tested.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 05/26/2017 page5)

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