Passengers on the Madaraka Express train on a trip to Nairobi from Mombasa. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG
The promotional Sh700 fare on the standard gauge railway (SGR)
“Madaraka Express” train between Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa
will be adjusted upwards in May.
Kenya Railways
managing director, Atanas Maina, said Thursday that he charges will be
adjusted to Sh1,000 from Sh700 for economy class passengers following
approvals by the Transport Ministry.
The Sh3,000 fare
for first class passengers, however, will remain the same in the new
price regime likely to be opposed by many travellers.
Mr
Maina had in February indicated that ticket prices for economy class
travellers would go up starting April, subject to approvals by the
Transport Ministry.
“Starting May 1, we will be charging Sh1,000 on the Madaraka
Express passenger service for economy class tickets. First class fares
will however remain the at Sh3, 000,” said Mr Maina in an interview with
the Business Daily.
The SGR train was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta last June to transport passengers between Nairobi and Mombasa.
The
president then fixed the fares at Sh700 for economy class tickets and
Sh3,000 for first class travellers between Nairobi and Mombasa.
This was a reduction from the initial Sh900 that had been announced earlier by Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.
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