Friends of the Rail Forum

Travellers should brace themselves for tight checks at the airports and the standard gauge railway (SGR) stations as the State tightens security to avert any possible terror attack. The additional tight security measures will entail changing the screening systems at airports such as Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and Moi International Airport in Mombasa. The State will also invest in a new scanning machine at the SGR stations in Nairobi and Mombasa...

Standard gauge railway (SGR) travellers must now arrive at the departure stations at least one hour in advance in measures meant to facilitate enhanced security checks. Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) said in a statement yesterday the new additional security measures would allow it time to screen passengers before boarding a train due to an upsurge in the number of passengers...

The Kenya Railways has urged customers who will be using the Madaraka Express train to arrive at the railway stations at least one hour before the scheduled departure time. This, Kenya Railways management said, is due to an increase in the number of passengers and enhanced security checks. Any delays occasioned by these checks are therefore regrettable but unavoidable, it said in a statement...