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===Web-based Maps===
===Web-based Maps===
None known
https://krc.co.ke/railway-network/


==Ticketing==
==Ticketing==

Revision as of 11:40, 3 May 2022

Country Name

Kenya (officially the Republic of Kenya)

National Railway System

Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977, KR is a state corporation.

Official Website

Kenya Railways Corporation

Language

The national language is Kiswahili; the official languages are Kiswahili and English

Currency

Kenyan shilling (KES)

UIC code

None

Timetable

Journey Planner

Go to https://krc.co.ke/#

Downloadable Timetable

Go to https://krc.co.ke/# - but see also Recent and Future Changes (below) for the weekly Nairobi - Kisumu service.

Printed Timetable

None known

Engineering Information

None known

Bus Information

Not known

Maps

Printed Maps

Web-based Maps

https://krc.co.ke/railway-network/

Ticketing

Go to https://krc.co.ke/#

Gauge

Standard and Metre (which is sometimes referred to as 3 foot) - see "Recent and future changes", below.

Electrification

There are no electrified lines in Kenya.

Rule of the road

Left but the system is almost entirely single track

Other Railways

Magadi Railway - see http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/wbe.htm

Tourist Lines

None.

Metro

None.

Trams

None.

Recent and future changes

After a gap of 15 years, the metre gauge service from Nairobi to Kisumu resumed on 17 December 2021: Fridays only: Nairobi 06:00 Kisumu 17:45; Sundays only: Kisumu 06:00 Nairobi 18:20. See https://krc.co.ke/nairobi-kisumu-safari-train-makes-the-long-awaited-comeback/

The Mombasa – Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway opened to passenger service on 1 May 2017, whereupon Rift Valley Railways (RVR) suspended their Nairobi - Mombasa long distance passenger service on the old metre gauge line to "enable RVR to reorganize their services". Rift Valley Railways' 25 year concession was prematurely terminated from 31 July 2017, when Kenya Railways Corporation (Kenya Railways) commenced running their own services. Commercial freight began on 1 January 2018. An extension from Nairobi to Suswa was completed in October 2019. A second phase would see the line extended to Malaba, near the border with Uganda, and eventually to Kampala. However, it is doubtful that this will ever happen.

Special Notes

Distances in km:

Nairobi – Mombasa 530
Nairobi – Nakuru – Kisumu 398
Kisumu – Butere 69