8 photos of the Mombasa West train station that will make you mistake it for a train station in New York

The Chinese have made up for their shortcomings with the ugly trains that saw Kenyans rant over what they termed as raw deal.

Photos of the new locomotives brought to Kenya to be used in the newly constructed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) sparked uproar after Kenyans discovered Moroccan trains were far superior.

Also read: Wachina wametuchesa! Kenyans cry foul after comparing Moroccan new trains with the new SGR trains arriving at the port of Mombasa

Well, not everything about SGR is ‘ugly’; the Chinese have constructed an ultramodern train station in Mombasa.

The construction of Mombasa West Station is still underway but artistic impression of the massive structure depicts the beauty and sophistication of Kenya’s newest train station.

The Mombasa West station is currently the biggest train station in Kenya; it makes the old colonial-era station in Nairobi look like a big terrible joke.

See photos of Mombasa West Station below:

Actual photos

Artistic impressions