This archive report was first published on 6 July 2020.
On July 6, 2020, Kenya Railways and Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited announced the resumption of Nairobi-Mombasa SGR train services.
The passenger train will operate between Nairobi and Mombasa after the lockdown in the Nairobi metropolitan area and Mombasa counties was lifted.
The train had been halted for three months to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
"Following the lift of the cessation of movement order by H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, in his address this afternoon, we wish to inform members of the public that the Ministry of Transport and Kenya Railways in conjunction with the SGR Operator Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited, will be releasing the new operational schedule in due course. We urge members of the public to remain patient as we put all mechanisms in place to serve you better," Kenya Railways said in a statement.
Public transport vehicles have been operating at sixty percent occupancy to observe the 1.5 metre social distancing rule.
The SGR service is expected to boost the coastal tourism facilities that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
