Nairobi Commuter Rail


The Nairobi Commuter Rail is a rail network serving Nairobi and its suburbs. It has five lines and 22 stations. In the first six months of 2023, the service was used by 7354 passengers daily.
After undergoing modernization, the NCR was inaugurated on 10 November 2020 by then president Uhuru Kenyatta.
On 15 December 2023, president William Ruto launched construction of the new Riruta–Ngong line that will run through Riruta, Karen, Bulbul and Ngong stations, to be built by China Road and Bridge Corporation. The second phase will extend this line to Kiserian, and the third phase will extend it to Ongata Rongai.
There are plans to extend the Nairobi–Embakasi Village line to Ruai and the Nairobi–Syokimau line to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Lines

LineServices per day Average daily ridership
Nairobi-Embakasi Village151994
Nairobi-Syokimau121465
Nairobi-Limuru2920
Nairobi-Lukenya2354
Nairobi-Ruiru42622

Rolling stock

In April 2020 Kenya Railways acquired 11 refurbished diesel multiple units from Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca. These trains were built between 1994 and 2003 by CAF as and were running on the metre gauge railway network on the Spanish island of Mallorca.