25 Proposed Stations in Nairobi's Ksh1 Trillion Underground Railway Project [LIST]

Nairobi County has unveiled the master plan for a Ksh1 trillion Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) which will feature an underground railway line. The underground railway system will be linked to the existing line to Eastlands and will feature 25 stations.

The 25 stations will be spread across four rail corridors, with the underground section limited to Nairobi's CBD before connecting to the existing railway network serving Eastlands. 

According to the project plan seen by Money254.co.ke, , the underground corridor will run for 10 kilometers and have 10 stations at Upper Hill, Kenyatta National Hospital, Parliament, City Hall, Kenyatta Avenue, Railways/Muthurwa, University Way, Museum Hill, Westlands  and Sarit Centre.

The Eastlands main trunk will run for 7 kilometers and will have stations at Railways/Muthurwa, Jericho, Buruburu  and Donholm.

Eastlands branch 1 will ran for 5 kilometers and will have four stations at Donholm, Umoja, Kayole  and Komarock.

Eastlands branch 2 will have four stations at Muthurwa, Eastleigh, Kariobangi and Dandora.

Eastlands branch 3, which will run for 3 kilometers will have stations at Donholm, Savannah, Fedha and Embakasi.

Together, the four lines are designed to integrate with existing commuter rail services and the planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network, allowing passengers to transfer seamlessly between different modes of transport.

The first phase of the project is estimated to cost about Ksh1 trillion (USD7.78 billion)  with civil works accounting for the largest share of the project at Ksh414 billion (USD 3.2 billion.

Construction of the stations will cost Ksh271 billion (USD2.10 billion) while, systems will be allocated Ksh155 billion (USD1.20 billion).

The rolling stocks will cost Ksh116 billion (USD900 million) while other utilities will cost Ksh49 billion (USD380 million).

Financing will come from a blend of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), national and county government funding, banks, private equity, climate finance, pension funds and other long-term investors.

According to the implementation plan, the government will undertake a feasibility study by for the rest of 2026.

Construction is expected to begin in the last half of 2028. Commercial Operations is slated to commence in January 2034.

"Our plan for the Nairobi Metropolitan Mass Rapid Transport system is the perfect solution to the traffic congestion and gridlock that face our capital city and the environs," President William Ruto noted during the presentation of the project on July 31.

"This will be the beginning of the establishment of a multi-modal transport system, featuring bus rapid transit and commuter rail, to move nearly 5 million city residents who make more than 12 million trips to and fro every day."