Passenger train returns to Nanyuki two decades later
Passengers aboard a train in Kiganjo town, Nyeri County, on December 11, 2020. The Kenya Railways Corporation resumed commercial passenger service on the Nanyuki-Nairobi railway line after 20 years.
The train with a capacity of up to 1,600 passengers per trip will depart from Nairobi at 8am to arrive in Nanyuki at 2pm.
Commuters travelling from Nairobi to Nanyuki were charged Sh200 fare on second class coaches and between Sh50 and Sh100 for inter-terminus trips that will serve Murang’a, Makuyu, Maragua, Sagana, Karatina, Kiganjo, Chaka and Naromoru stations.
Kenya Railways on Friday made its maiden journey of a passenger train from Nairobi to Nanyuki in close to two decades.
In a bid to boost trade and tourism in the region, the national government, Laikipia County and the Kenya Railways unveiled plans to ferry passengers every weekend to Nanyuki and back.
