SGR Revised Travel Schedule Jan 9th, 2021

SGR Revised Travel Schedule 

Jan 9th, 2021

 As of today, Saturday the 9th January 2021, travellers will be able to book a night travel ticket on the Nairobi-Mombasa SGR train.

This comes after the revised train schedule press release by Kenya Railways Authority, earlier this week. Which highlights the introduction of a night inter-county train service, said to accomodate the rising demand of affordable and convinient travel, by teachers and students returning to schools. 

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The management body indicated that it had obtained an exemption from the new dusk-to-dawn curfew extended to March 12 by President Uhuru Kenyatta thus allowed to operate during the curfew hours.
It further expounded this by explaining that, as of today, two of the Madaraka Express trains will operate in the afternoon and night, while a third will be meant for inter-county travel.
Kenya Railways said in the release,

​“We have introduced a night train as from 9th January 2021. This will be an Express service departing Nairobi and Mombasa at 10.00 pm to arrive at their destination at 3.35 am."

Passengers will thus be allowed to abode from the respective stations during curfew hours to other destinations.

The will see to it that the firm cash in on nighttime travel, which is after the curfew disrupted bus transport.

The two afternoon express trains will operate between the two cities, Nairobi and Mombasa, commencing the journeying at 3pm and ending at 8pm.

They further said that the inter-county train service will operate during the day, leaving both the Nairobi and Mombasa termini at 8am stopping at all the stations along the route to arrive at 2pm. Offering the usual commuter services with stoppages at Athi River, Emali, Kibwezi, Mtito Andei, Voi, Miasenyi and Mariakani.

This is a change from their normal operations where the SGR trains commuted between the two cities, commencing their journeys at 8am and 3pm.

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