Cheapest€12.44
- Kenya Railways KR112606:0154m06:55Kikuyu StationGilgil station
Door to door 1h 38mCO2 3.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kikuyu to Gilgil train
Trains from Kikuyu to Gilgil start at €14.64 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kikuyu to Gilgil on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kikuyu to Gilgil starts at €14.64 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 105 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 38mDoor to door
- 54mMoving
- €14.64 to €36.64From
- 06:01 to 06:01First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 3.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€14.64 to €36.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €26.74Wed16
- about €36.64Thu17
- about €31.69Fri18
- about €30.59Sat19
- about €21.24Sun20
- about €20.69Mon21
- about €17.94Tue22
- about €21.79Wed23
- about €26.74Thu24
- about €18.49Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €19.04Sun27
- about €16.29Mon28
- about €14.64Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya Railways | €12.44 | 1h 32m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Gilgil. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gilgil for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Gilgil Highway Stage and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kikuyu to Gilgil
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.0990 days
- €12.4460 days
- €17.3945 days
- €13.5430 days
- €12.4421 days
- €14.6414 days
- €17.947 days
- €31.693 days
- €26.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €31.69, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €19.04Sun
- €16.29Mon
- €14.64Tue
- €21.79Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €18.49Fri
- €25.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kikuyu
Rail
- Kikuyu Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 105 km against 91 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kikuyu at 06:01 and the last at 06:01, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Kikuyu to Gilgil
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil take?
The Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 105 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil cost?
The Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil starts at €14.64 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil?
1 operators run the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil: Kenya Railways. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil use?
The Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil leaves from Kikuyu Station and arrives at Gilgil station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil?
Fares for the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.44. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil produce?
The Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil produces about 3.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 105 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil?
Operators on the Train from Kikuyu to Gilgil publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kikuyu to Gilgil on 15 September 2026: 105 km of route against 91 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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