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Nairobi Commuter Rail
The Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) 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 (CRBC). 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commuter Rail
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Commuter rail systems can use locomotive-hauled trains or multiple units, using electric or diesel propulsion. Distance charges or zone pricing may be used. The term can refer to systems with a wide variety of different features and service frequencies, but is often used in contrast to rapid transit or light rail. Some services share similarities with both commuter rail and high-frequency rapid transit; examples include German S-Bahn in some cities, the Réseau Express Régional (RER) in Paris, the Milan S Lines, S Lines in Milan, many Japanese commuter systems, the East Rail line in Hong Kong, and some Australasian suburban networks, such as Sydney Trains. Many commuter rail systems share tracks with other passenger services and Cargo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanyuki
Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road (Kenya), A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance. It is situated just north of the Equator (0° 01' North). In 1907, British diaspora, British immigrants settled in Nanyuki, some of whose descendants still live in and around the town. Nanyuki is currently the main airfield (airbase) of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), has a base at Nyati Barracks. It conducts infantry exercises in Laikipia and on Kenyan Ministry of Defense land at Archer's Post. History Maasai herders found red ochre in Nanyuki, the ground resembled roan coated cattle. The town saw British diaspora, British immigrants settle there during the early days of British East Africa, colonial Kenya in 1907. Some of their descendants still live in or around the town. Major Digby Tatham-Warter, a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi Terminus
Nairobi Terminus is a railway station on the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) located in Syokimau, just south of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Three passenger trains leave the station every day, an inter-county train that stops at all stations and two express trains that go directly to Mombasa Terminus. The Nairobi Terminus station was built next to the existing Syokimau station, which allows passengers to transfer from standard gauge trains to metre gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ... trains to get to the Nairobi city centre. Gallery Nairobi Terminus transfer from SGR to Meter Gauge.jpg, Nairobi Terminus transfer from SGR to meter gauge train network Nairobi Terminus - platform.jpg, A train at the platform on Nairobi Terminus just before dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embakasi
Embakasi is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately , southeast of the central business district. Embakasi is considered part of Nairobi's Eastlands area, lying to the south-east of Nairobi County. The Embakasi proper covers other estates in Eastlands such as Donholm, Pipeline, Tena, and Makadara estates. It borders South C and contains South B and slightly more than one third of Nairobi's Industrial Area and Export Processing Zones. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is located in Embakasi and it was known as Embakasi Airport when it was launched in 1958. Embakasi Sub-county The sub-county borrows its name from the neighbourhood and covers part of what was Embakasi Constituency, and is one of the eleven sub-counties in Nairobi. It has a land area of . In the 2019 census, Embakasi had a population of 988,808, accounting for more than 22% of the total population of the county, and a population density of 11,460/km2, making it the most populous of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipeline, Nairobi
Pipeline is a slum, slum-like neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately east of the central business district. It has earned a reputation for its poor infrastructure, coupled with overcrowded Flat (housing), flats, narrow streets, littering, as well as its drainage, poor drainage system. Location Pipeline is located approximately southeast of Nairobi's central business district, west of the Outer Ring Road, Nairobi, Outer Ring Road within the Eastlands area in Embakasi. It borders another slum, Mukuru kwa Njenga, other low-income to low middle-income such as Fedha and Kware, Nairobi, Kware, and the middle class suburb of Imara Daima. Electorally, Pipeline is placed under Embakasi South Constituency; the whole constituency is within the Embakasi Sub-county. Overview Pipeline Estate has over the years become synonymous with a concrete slum for its poor infrastructure and uncontrolled tenements. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imara Daima
Imara Daima is a middle class neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately south of the central business district of Nairobi. Located along the Nairobi expressway and Mombasa Road, the neighbourhood is well connected to transport infrastructure. It has a railway stop that connects to the city center, machakos county and other neighbourhoods. Imara Daima is divided into 8 middle-class boroughs I.e Imara Daima Estate, Muimara Estate, Villa Franca Estate, Sunrise Estate, Imara Daima phase 2, AA Estate, Mastermind & Maziwa Area. Overview Imara Daima is zoned as a mixed residential development neighbourhood. Home to the middle-class segment of Nairobi residents, the estate is predominantly characterised by gated neighbourhoods with maisonettes and bungalows, roofed with maroon tiles. It is a sharp contrast of the neighbouring Mukuru and Pipeline slums. Other housing developments also found in Imara Daima are flats. The larger Imara Daima neighbourhood, especially alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donholm
Doonholm or Donholm is a commercial and residential neighbourhood in Nairobi. A legacy of what was a dairy farm with the same name, Doonholm is a suburb in the Eastlands area of Nairobi. It is located east of the Nairobi central business district, within the larger sub-county of Embakasi. Location Donholm is located east of the Nairobi central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ..., and east of the Outer Ring Road. It borders the Umoja, Tena, Savannah, and Kayole neighbourhoods. Overview Donholm is the oldest estate amongst those in the Eastlands area. Donholm's name comes from a colonial Kenya land and plantation owner James Kerr Watson (3 October 1881 – 11 November 1955), who gave the name Doonholm to his dairy farm in the area. The estate wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandora
Dandora is an Estate in Kenya's capital and largest city, Nairobi. It is part of the Embakasi division. Surrounding neighbourhoods include slums such as Kariobangi, Baba Dogo, Gitare Marigo and Korogocho. Dandora was established in 1977, with partial financing by the World Bank in order to offer a higher standard of housing. The location is in part well known for being the site of the main municipal solid waste dump for Nairobi, which has significant negative health effects on its population. Neighbouring are Kayole, Korogocho, Mathare and Kariobangi. Dump site Nairobi's principal dumping site is situated in Dandora. The Dandora Oxygenation Ponds, a prominent feature on satellite imagery Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell im ... of the area, is Nairobi's main sewag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwiki
Mwiki is a low-income neighbourhood in the counties of Nairobi and Kiambu. It is approximately northeast of the central business district of Nairobi. Due to its transregional nature, the part of Mwiki that is within Nairobi is referred as Kasarani Mwiki while the other portion domiciled in Kiambu is referred as Githurai Mwiki. The two Mwiki regions are separated by the Gatharaini River (Kasarani River) as it flows downstream in an easterly direction to join the Nairobi River. Location Mwiki is located approximately northeast of Nairobi's central business district. Kasarani Mwiki is straddled by the Kasarani-Mwiki Road, off Thika Road. Githurai-Mwiki is considered part of the larger Githurai 45 area. Electorally, Mwiki is placed under two constituencies: with Githurai Mwiki being under Ruiru, while Kasarani Mwiki under Kasarani. Mwiki also falls into two administrative areas of Nairobi and Kiambu: Kasarani Mwiki in Nairobi's Kasarani Sub-county, while Githurai Mwiki is admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Githurai
Githurai is a composition of densely populated, urban, mixed-use settlements located at the border of Nairobi County and Kiambu County along the Thika Road. Githurai is divided into two; Githurai 45 (also known as Githurai Kimbo) and Githurai 44. Githurai 45 falls under Ruiru Municipality in the Githurai Sub-county of Kiambu County with the boundary being the Thika Road reserve and River Kasarani (also known as River Gathara-ini) downstream. Githurai 44 is domiciled in the Kasarani Sub-county of Nairobi County. Githurai 44 neighbours Kahawa West, Zimmerman and Njatha-ini Village. Infrastructure Githurai is home to St Lucie Kiriri Girls High School and Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology Lily Academy and St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute. Githurai is served by the Thika Road Super Highway and a branch of the Kenya-Uganda Railway from Nairobi to Thika via Ruiru. There exists a Kenya Army Amoury belonging to the Kahawa Garrison/Barracks in Githurai Kimbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibera
Kibera (Kinubi language, Kinubi: ''Forest'' or ''Jungle'') is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates of one or two million people. Other sources suggest the total Kibera population may be 500,000 to well over 1,000,000 depending on which slums are included in defining Kibera. In 2009, a survey conducted by the French Institute for Research in Africa found that the average Kibera slum resident lives in extreme poverty, earning less than US$2 per day. Unemployment rates are high. 12% of the population are living with HIV. Cases of assault and rape are common. There are few schools, and most people cannot afford education for their children. Clean water is scarce. Diseases caused by poor hygiene are prevalent. A great majority living in the slum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahawa
Kahawa is a mixed-use settlement spanning the Kiambu and Nairobi county borders along Thika Road. It is electorally divided into four wards across the two counties: Kahawa and Kahawa West wards in Nairobi county and Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari wards in Kiambu county. Despite its proximity to the city, half of it is administratively in Ruiru, while some parts, such as Kenyatta University, Kahawa Barracks, Kiwanja and Githurai 44, are administratively in Kasarani. The Kahawa region Originally a coffee growing region, the Kahawa region is generally subdivided into four electoral wards as follows: Kahawa Barracks The Kahawa Barracks area (which partly forms the border with Nairobi County) was the site of a British Army base before Kenya's independence and now hosts the Kahawa Army Base of the Kenyan Army. Transport Kahawa lies to the north of Githurai, another inter-county suburb and settlement along the Kenya-Uganda Railway. In 2016, this town started to be ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
