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New Kenya Railways Schedule for Commuter Train in 5 Nairobi Estates
3 May 2021 - 6:03 pm
Transport CS James Macharia (second left) sanitises his hands while preparing to board a train on Monday, December 7, 2020.
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Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has announced a new schedule for rail commuters from five estates in Nairobi County.
In a statement shared on Monday, May 3, KRC announced that it was resuming evening travel to Syokimau, Kikuyu, Ruiru, Athi River and Embakasi Village stations.
The new schedule indicates that a train to Syokimau is set to depart at 5:30pm and 6:20pm while that headed to Kikuyu station would leave at 5:35pm.
Kenya: JKIA-CBD Commuter Train Ticket Prices Slashed By Half
17 December 2020
By Hillary Kimuyu
Kenya Railways, through the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service, on Thursday halved their initial pricing of Sh500 per trip for the new railway link from the city centre to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Kenya Railways said that the new prices will remain in place for the next 90 days.
There will be three departures from CBD to Embakasi Village Railway Station while using the Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) after which passengers will then be ferried through the Airport South Road, which has been dedicated to the Nairobi Commuter Rail Bus also referred to as the Bus Rapid Transit Vehicles.
Nairobi commuters to pay slashed rate of Sh250 for train services to JKIA 3 months ago
Chief Administrative Secretary Ministry of Transport Chris Obure and Hellen Mwariri Chief Finance officer at Kenya Airways during the launch of the first phase of Nairobi commuter Rail - JKIA Express service to passengers, travel agents and staff at the Nairobi Central Railways station. Dec 17, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Nairobi residents will now pay Sh250 to ride the train from the city centre to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and vice versa for the next 90 days. The announcement was made yesterday by Kenya Railways, which said the reduction from Sh500 was for a limited time, and was aimed at making the train accessible to more passengers.