Kenya Railways has launched a second train on the Madaraka Express Passenger Service.
The new service that commenced on Wednesday, Nov 1, will be an express train set to depart the Nairobi and Mombasa Termini at 3:30 pm.
The existing morning train has now been transformed into an inter-county train service, departing at 8am from both Nairobi and Mombasa termini, and stopping at all the seven intermediate stations.
Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the new service is part of measures to increase access and lower the cost of transport across the country.
“Since its launch five months ago, the Madaraka Express has moved over 337,000 passengers between the port city of Mombasa and Nairobi, with the number growing daily,” he said.
He said by introducing this second train, it will be more difficult for middlemen to take advantage of Kenyans by doubling the availability of train tickets as well as the daily train capacity.
