Kenya Railways Corporation will resume second Madaraka Express train services from tomorrow, October 1, 2020.
The announcement follows the Government’s relaxation of anti-Covid-19 measures on Monday.
“As from 1st October 2020 we will have an additional afternoon express train to and from Nairobi and Mombasa,” Kenya Railways said in a tweet on Wednesday.
The second train service which was suspended in April following the outbreak of the coronavirus outbreak is expected to leave Mombasa for Nairobi at 2.15 pm and arrive in Nairobi at 7.20 pm.
The schedule has been made possible following the adjustment of the curfew period.
Speaking on Monda during the National Covid-19 Conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the curfew would start from 11 pm to 4 am, starting Tuesday, September 29.
The firm resumed operations in June after the revision of curfew hours by President Uhuru. However, it only begun with the departure of one train from Nairobi at 8 am that will arrive in Mombasa at a quarter to 1 pm.
The train from Mombasa, on the other hand, would leave at 1.55 pm arriving in Nairobi at 6.40 pm, so as to enable passengers travelling to other destinations beat the 9 pm curfew.
In April 2020, the Kenya Railways announced that all SGR passenger services would remain closed until further notice after President Uhuru ordered the cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi Metropolitan Area, Mombasa, Kilifi, and Kwale counties.
But following the reduction of Covid-19 cases, the government has been relaxing the measures in a bid to boost the economy.
The 472-kilometer standard gauge railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi was constructed at a cost of Sh327 billion. It was co-financed by commercial and semi-concessional loans from China and the Government of Kenya.