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Nairobi Commuter Rail
Overview
Stations22
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Services5
Operator(s)Kenya Railways Corporation
Daily ridership13,000[1]
Technical
Track length160 km (99.42 mi)[2]
Number of tracksDouble track between Makadara and Nairobi, single track elsewhere[3]
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

The Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) is a network of diesel trains serving Nairobi and its suburbs. In 2020, 13,000 daily passengers used this service.[4] After being modernized, the NCR was inaugurated by president Uhuru Kenyatta on 10 November 2020.[5]

Services

Nairobi Commuter Rail Map
Legend
to Kijabe
Limuru
to Nanyuki
Kikuyu
Ruiru
Dagoretti
Kahawa West
Kibera
Githurai
Wilson AirportNairobi#Buses
 Nairobi
Mwiki
Makadara
Dandora
Donholm
Imara Daima
Pipeline
Embakasi Village
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Nairobi Terminus
Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway
 Syokimau
Embakasi
Mlolongo
Athi River
Kitengela
Lukenya
to Mombasa
Services[6]
Line Intermediate stops Services per day
Nairobi–Embakasi Village Makadara, Donholm, Pipeline 15
Nairobi–Syokimau Makadara, Imara Daima, Nairobi Terminus 14[a]
Nairobi–Ruiru Makadara, Dandora, Mwiki, Githurai, Kahawa West 4[b]
Nairobi–Limuru Kibera, Dagoretti, Kikuyu 2
Nairobi–Lukenya Makadara, Imara Daima, Embakasi, Mlolongo, Athi River, Kitengela 2
  1. ^ One service (night service) starts at Nairobi Terminus.
  2. ^ Two services start/end at Kahawa West.

Rolling Stock

In April 2020 Kenya Railways acquired 11 refurbished diesel multiple units from Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca.[7] These trains were built between 1994 and 2003 by CAF as Serie 61 de SFM [es] and were running on the metre gauge railway network on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cabinet okays Sh2.5bn city high-speed train plan". Business Daily Africa. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Syokimau train service to delay - Corporate News". businessdailyafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. ^ Kiarie, Pauline Wambui (2014). Sustainable management of rail land: a case study of Nairobi Commuter Rail network (PDF) (MSc thesis). Kenyatta University. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "KRC to order new DMUs for Nairobi Commuter Rail network". International Railway Journal. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Uhuru Launches New Nairobi Commuter Rail Service". Mwakilishi.com. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  6. ^ "Nairobi commuter rail service" (PDF). Kenya Railways. October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Kenya starts shipping Sh1.1 billion refurbished diesel trains". The Star. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  8. ^ "Hungarian LRT for Nairobi | Railways Africa". railwaysafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.


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