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Train routes operated by Kenya Railways

2 routes · classic 1 · heritage 1

Kenya Railways runs 2 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 709 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Madaraka Express at 472 km; the fastest is the Madaraka Express, running up to 120 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1930.

The company itself dates to 1978, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Kenya Railways's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q1663639 ↗

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Routes here
2
Total length
709 km
Countries
Kenya
Fastest
Madaraka Express · 120 km/h
Longest
Madaraka Express · 472 km
Oldest line here
1930
Company founded
1978
Type
railway company

Classic (1)

Heritage (1)

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence

How many train routes does Kenya Railways run?

2 of the routes in this atlas are Kenya Railways services, covering 709 km across 1 country (Kenya). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.

What is the fastest Kenya Railways train?

The Madaraka Express, Nairobi to Mombasa, at up to 120 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 5 h over 472 km.

Does Kenya Railways run night trains?

Not in this atlas. All 2 Kenya Railways routes listed here are daytime services.

When was Kenya Railways founded?

Wikidata records the company's inception as 1978, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1930 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.

Countries Kenya Railways runs in