Tip - Inter-City Passenger Train Service in Kenya

Rift Valley Railway (RVR), a concessionaire currently operating the railway network in Kenya and Uganda since 2006, provides limited Inter-City passenger train service in Kenya. Historically, Mombasa and Kisumu are the only destinations from Nairobi that have had passenger train service over the years, while other railway lines on the network were used for freight only. In RVR’s own estimation, this passenger service constitutes only 1% of their business, while commuter train service in Nairobi is 4%, and freight services 95% of their business. History The construction of the railway network across Kenya from the coastal city of Mombasa to Kisumu city on the shores of Lake Victoria, and ultimately to Uganda is well documented in various books and films. This massive and tragic endeavor was driven by the grand vision of its architects to effectively administer the British Protectorate of Uganda, and control the source of the River Nile. This undertaking also ...
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