Passengers get more coaches in Madaraka Express

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya Railways will from this week increase coaches on its SGR train following high demand on Friday into the weekends.

In an interview with a local media, Kenya Railways managing director Atanas Maina said the changes will affect only the economy class and will be adjusted from the current 11 to 16.

Currently SGR train is pulling eleven coaches on its economy class and another two on the first class with the latter accommodating 72 passengers while the former carries 118 passengers. Passengers on the second class pays sh1000 which is Sh2000 more what first class passengers pay.

The Madaraka Express as it is known has become popular with many Kenyans traveling between Nairobi and Mombasa and has ferried over one million passengers between June last year when it started operations.

The railway, however, has the competitive edge of moving between the two cities in about five hours while buses take eight hours on average.