Wacha nikusaidie kidogo Murchr because leo umenoa.

I'm a business persona and want to use the First Class Service.

Cost of the Plane

1. Taxi to Wilson or JKIA - ksh. 1000
2. Airline Ticket - ksh. 7000
3. Taxi from Mombasa Airport to Hotel - ksh. 1000

Total Cost 9k

Time to travel

1. Taxi to Jkia - 1 hour
2. in flight - 1 hour
3. Airport to Hotel - 1 hour

Total time in transit 3 hours maximum



Cost of First Class Train

1. Taxi to Machakos - ksh. 2000
2. First Class Ticket - ksh. 3000
3. Miritini to Mombasa - ksh. 2000

Total Cost 7k

Time to Travel

1. Taxi to Machakos - 1.5 hours
2. Train time - 5 hours
3. Miritini to Mombasa - 2 hours

Total time 8.5 hours

My friend, why not take the bus? I hear Spanish has aerodynamic buses or something.

Now Imagine the Commoner

Cost to Mabatha Raha

1. From wherever to Tea Room - 100 Bob - Time to travel 1 hour
2. From Tea Room to Mabatha - 800 bob Chania - Time to Travel 8 hours
3. From Chania to Hotel - 40 bob - Time to Travel 30 minutes

Total Cost 840 bob Total Time 8 Hours 10 hours kama kuna jam

Now on the Reli

1. From wherever to town - 100 bob - Time to travel 1 hour
2. From town to Mayakos - 100 bob - Time to travel 1.5 hours
3. From Mayakos to the Station - 50 bob - Time to travel 30 minutes
4. Train to mabatha - 700 bob - Time to travel 5 hours
5. From Miritini to Mabatha - My friend there's no bus, chukua teksi 2000 bob - Time to travel 1.5 hours

Total Cost 2950. Total Time 9.5 hours

I know math is a difficult thing but how long do you think it will take the average Kenyan to say he has seen enough relis in his life.

There must be a way that connects commuters to a transport hub. If someone has not thought about that, then there's going to be a problem here.

Sawa? Tumeelewana?

I think alma/alma1 has a point. That last mile connection is also important. Which brings me to my question:

What are the roles and responsibilities of the county governments impacted by the MadarakaExpress?

Nani alikuambia masses want to ride on first class and take cabs? Masses will take a tuktuk (max 100) to miritini, pay 700 to syokimau, get to the commuter train from syokimau to cbd. At the end cost from Msa to Nrb will be about 1K. Hii ingine ni siasa tu. Lakini, options ziko.

I'll leave Kysse to explain the cargo portion - read up there she says all the customer wants is to get their goods in time

Murchr I'm going to give you 1k right now to do what you have just said. Like I've been offering here and there are no takers yet.

Which tuktuk in Mabatha charged you 100 bob? Do you know where Miritini is from the Island? Or do you just feel like typing today? Which matatu number do you take to Miritini? Since you have done the research, please inform us.

Don't be defensive all the time. This is not a reli hating observation. I'm just stating clearly the things that need to be worked on. I have told you, I fully support huge infrastructure projects.

If they are done Jubilee shall rule for 100 years. I know that's what you want. So take my observations as a challenge not an argument.

If they build a transport system to the termination points to these stations, not only will the train do well, but the whole economy will boom.

Something was left out and it is a critical issue. As for Harrydre, tafadhali learn to speak about things you know about. The MBTA terminates right across my street. If I want to go to Dandora it's just hop skip and jump to the next train, matatu, bus or cab...

Sio kubebana na watoto kuenda Machakos.

And next time you say that we should leave our transport system at the mercy of boda boda riders and matatus then I will repost Hardwoods photos on Nairobi transport mess.

I think alma/alma1 has a point. That last mile connection is also important. Which brings me to my question:

What are the roles and responsibilities of the county governments impacted by the MadarakaExpress?

Mkeiy have you got the train freight schedule?

I want to do a practical on 2 fcls released from port at same time to determine the timeframe.That's all that clients are interested in.

I also like looking at the bright side of things.
Road Traffic from mombasa port/Long queues by truckers waiting to enter port,delays if truck doesn't meet kpa requirements,Strikes by truckers,Corruption at Weighbridges and kangaroo roadside courts/ Goods pilferage,etc etc

The pros outweigh the cons.
KPA ball is in your court.You must deliver in a timely fashion and support the project.

Whatever the case.. be prepared for congestion at ICD.Some of these trucks are 9km long..x several trips.

Some wonder why Mwafrika is behind in everything, it's some kind of reasoning I see here. These people opposing infrastructure expansion, go out there, visit the world we are eons behind.

Heck even if the SGR is double the cost, can you think outside the box on the pros, time saved, reduced congestion, quick flow of goods & services, roads damage, amount of cargo one round of train will transport etc etc. Nini mbaya na watu?? Lets review 1 Yr later and see. I recall people made noise on Thika Highway, these days wamenyamaza!