The SGR passenger train.[Photo/Capital]
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) is set to increase the advance booking time for Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger train from January 1.
The time will be increased from the current fourteen days to thirty days.
"We have adjusted the advance ticket booking window from fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days.From January 1, 2018, our customers will be able to purchase a ticket 30 days before the date of travel; any period between the thirtieth day and the day of travel; or on the actual day of travel itself," read a Twitter post by the corporation.
Since the launch of the passenger service mid this year, about half a million travelers have used the train.
“So far, the service has moved over 337,000 passengers between the port city of Mombasa and Nairobi, with the number growing daily,’’ Cabinet Secretary in charge of Transport James Macharia said on November 1 while launching an inter-county train service at the Nairobi SGR terminus.
The launch of the new service brought the number of trains in operation to four.