• Travel time between Moyale (Kenya/Ethiopia border town) and Nairobi reduced from about 3 days down to 10 hours. Previously, bus travelers made two night stopovers during the journey from Moyale to Nairobi. The first at Marsabit and the second at Isiolo, arriving in Nairobi on the evening of the third day.
• Increased response by government institutions in the delivery of public services including security
• Stabilization of security among communities residing along the road has significantly increased. Inter-community conflicts have since reduced to almost nil.
• Increased commodity supply and economic trade into the region.
• Increased market access to goods and livestock produced from the region.

Cargo traffic

Some of the immediate cargo transported through the LAPSSET Corridor are as follows:

• Assorted minerals from Kenya
• Agricultural products from Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan
• Industrial products from Kenya and Ethiopia
• Livestock and Fish products from Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan
• Imported vehicles to Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan
• Imported industrial parts
• Crude Oil from Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda
• Industrial outputs from the Lamu Special Economic Zone
• Product Oil to Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan
• Recently discovered Copper will use the railway to transport the metal to Lamu for export
• Transshipment cargo will grow significantly considering that Lamu port will be the largest port of call in the East Coast of Africa. Much of this cargo will be transported inland via the railway line.