Boost as Standard Gauge Railway service set for additional daily trip

The new SGR trains from Mombasa to Nairobi before it was flagged off by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday 31/05/17 (PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO)

MOMBASA, KENYA: Kenya Railways (KR) has announced that it will introduce a second scheduled trip on the Madaraka Express passenger service from November 1.

The new development will see an afternoon trip introduced on the service, with two trains simultaneously leaving both Mombasa and Nairobi termini at 3.30pm.

This will result in change in the current train schedule, with the morning inter-county train departing Mombasa and Nairobi stations at 8.00am.