Topic: Kenya Railways
Kenya Railways addresses viral image of empty Madaraka Express train coach
Feb 02, 2024 at 06:35 PM
Kenya Railways has issued a public notice addressing a circulating image on social media depicting an empty coach, creating confusion regarding the status of the Madaraka Express P...
Ghost workers haunt State payroll as fake papers spark mass sackings, resignations
Jan 29, 2024 at 08:51 PM
A shocking exposé by the Public Service Commission (PSC) has revealed a rampant culture of academic fraud within Kenya's state entities, with over 200 individuals dismissed and ne...
Kenya Railways reports 8 per cent surge in freight transport via SGR in 2023
Dec 22, 2023 at 05:39 PM
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has reported an impressive 8 per cent surge in cargo hauled by the standard gauge railway (SGR) freight service during the first nine months of...
SGR records 15.2 per cent upswing with 600,000 passengers carried in Q1 2023
Aug 23, 2023 at 07:24 PM
Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train service has experienced a notable upswing in passenger numbers during the first quarter of this year, marking a 15.2 per cent increase co...
Court grants KRC permission to demolish properties linked to businessman
Aug 08, 2023 at 08:01 AM
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the Kenya Railways Corporation, granting them permission to proceed with the demolition of properties associated with businessman Sammy Bo...
Madaraka Express travellers will not be allowed to use cash to buy train tickets
Jan 25, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Kenyans using the Madaraka Express passenger train service will soon not be allowed to purchase tickets in cash....
Madaraka Express SGR train will start making stopovers in Voi from February
Jan 09, 2023 at 11:01 AM
In a notice, Kenya Railways said the train will be making a five-minute stopover at Voi at 3PM allowing passengers from the Nairobi and Mombasa termini to alight and board....
Uhuru’s SGR to be extended to Uganda, CS Kipchumba Murkomen announces
Dec 09, 2022 at 12:16 PM
Murkomen said it was critical for the SGR project that was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta to extend from Suswa in Narok County through Nakuru, Eldoret and Kisumu....
Kenya Railways introduces night train service between Nairobi and Kisumu
Jun 08, 2022 at 01:21 PM
The Kenya Railways Corporation announced on Tuesday that travellers can now move between Nairobi and Kisumu at night on their trains....
Six people perish in grisly road accident at Dagoretti Corner
Feb 20, 2022 at 06:26 PM
Six people have been confirmed dead after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a railway track on Ngong Road....
Raila takes a ride to Kisumu aboard Kisumu Safari Train - VIDEO
Dec 23, 2021 at 03:13 AM
ODM leader Raila Odinga took a brief ride on the Kisumu Safari Train on Wednesday....
Hitch on recently relaunched Kisumu Safari train resolved at Muhoroni
Dec 21, 2021 at 11:44 PM
The Kisumu bound train encountered a hitch at Nyando escarpments around the Muhoroni area on Tuesday at around 5:00 pm....
Commuter train between Nairobi and Kisumu is back!
Dec 15, 2021 at 05:19 PM
The commuter train plying the railway line between Nairobi and Kisumu is back....
Kenya Railways to launch passenger train on Mombasa-Kisumu route in December
Nov 30, 2021 at 12:26 PM
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has announced the return of passenger train services from Mombasa to Kisumu in December....
Scrap metal dealer arrested in Mtito-Andei in connection to SGR vandalism
Nov 28, 2021 at 12:44 PM
Detectives have arrested a scrap meta dealer believed to be responsible for SGR vandalism that caused a delay in the SGR train on Monday....
Kenya Railways threatens unruly passengers with stringent legal action
Oct 14, 2021 at 11:47 AM
Kenya Railways has issued a notice warning and prohibiting passengers from engaging in actions that breach peace at both the railway stations and onboard their trains....
Nanyuki-Nairobi cargo train stalls at Chuka in Nyeri County
Jun 12, 2021 at 10:05 AM
The Nanyuki-Nairobi railway branch has once again hit the headlines for the wrong reasons after stalling at Chuka in Nanyuki County....
Nairobi-Nanyuki train catches fire shortly after leaving Sagana station
Jun 06, 2021 at 09:49 PM
The freight train plying the Nairobi-Nanyuki branch line caught fire and stalled shortly after leaving Sagana station on Sunday morning....
PSVs to conduct Green Park Terminal test run on Tuesday
Apr 26, 2021 at 09:23 AM
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has informed commuters using the Nairobi Railway Terminus of a test run of dropping passengers at the newly built Green Park Terminal....
Kenya Railways announces Easter suspension of commuter train services
Apr 01, 2021 at 06:01 PM
Kenya Railways has announced that it will suspend Nairobi Commuter Rail Service in a number of destinations in Nairobi county and its environments during the Easter weekend....
