The muzungu's guide to Kenya's SGR railway train, Nairobi to Mombasa. How to book Madaraka Express tickets.
As a result, Kenya Railways which has been operating passenger trains on the Nairobi-Mombasa route since June 2017 will be forced to add more seats on the train to meet increased demand. “The trains are fully booked on April 14 and partly on April 15. Customers have mastered the art of...
NAIROBI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway train service ferried 1.7 million passengers in 2018, the national statistics bureau said on Wednesday. The figure is more than double the passengers the train service, dubbed Madaraka Express, carried from mid-2017, when it started,...
The SGR train service has been a catalyst for Kenya's socio-economic transformation since its launch more than a year ago. The Madaraka Express had transformed movement of goods and people while stimulating investments along its corridor, James Macharia, Kenya's cabinet secretary for transport and...
According to the Kenya Railways Corporation, children below three years travel for free while those aged between three and 11 years pay half fare for both first and economy class. Those aged over 11 years pay full fare. Amos Mureithi, a businessman and frequent traveler to Mombasa using the ...