Fastest€62.49
- Kenya Railways KR327114:493h 3m17:52Mombasa TerminusNairobi Terminus
Door to door 3h 47mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mombasa to Nairobi train
Trains from Mombasa to Nairobi start at €51.49 and take 3h 47m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Mombasa to Nairobi on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Mombasa to Nairobi starts at €51.49 and takes 3h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 442 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 47mDoor to door
- 3h 3mMoving
- €51.49 to €120.79From
- 06:35 to 19:45First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 14.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€51.49 to €120.79 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 €105.39Wed16
- about €120.79Thu17
- about €88.89Fri18
- about €90.54Sat19
- about €101.54Sun20
- about €78.44Mon21
- about €55.89Tue22
- about €60.84Wed23
- about €78.99Thu24
- about €77.34Fri25
- about €70.74Sat26
- about €68.54Sun27
- about €56.99Mon28
- about €51.49Tue29
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya Railways | €48.19 | 3h 45m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nairobi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nairobi for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Nairobi Terminus and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Mombasa to Nairobi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.1690 days
- €42.0360 days
- €45.9945 days
- €49.1130 days
- €42.6221 days
- €46.7514 days
- €55.897 days
- €76.253 days
- €77.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 84 percent. The dearest point is €77.43, 1 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.
- €68.54Sun
- €52.06Mon
- €46.75Tue
- €52.65Wed
- €68.58Thu
- €65.04Fri
- €67.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Mombasa
Rail
- Mombasa Terminus
Nairobi
Rail
- Nairobi Terminus
- Nairobi railway station
- Mwiki Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 442 km against 442 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kinoi, Mwala, Voi, Machakos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mombasa at 06:35 and the last at 19:45, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 47m | 3h 3m | 44m | €51.49 | 14.6 kg | 10 |
| Flight | 4h 10m | 1h | 3h 10m | €46.75 | 111.9 kg | 8 |
Questions about Mombasa to Nairobi
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 Mombasa to Nairobi take?
The Train from Mombasa to Nairobi takes 3h 47m door to door, of which 3h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 442 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 Mombasa to Nairobi cost?
The Train from Mombasa to Nairobi starts at €51.49 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €59.74. 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 Mombasa to Nairobi?
1 operators run the Train from Mombasa to Nairobi: Kenya Railways. Between them they file around 10 departures 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 Mombasa to Nairobi use?
The Train from Mombasa to Nairobi leaves from Mombasa Terminus and arrives at Nairobi Terminus. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Mombasa to Nairobi?
Travelling from Mombasa to Nairobi by Flight costs €46.75 and takes 4h 10m door to door, against 3h 47m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Mombasa to Nairobi?
Fares for the Train from Mombasa to Nairobi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 84 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mombasa to Nairobi produce?
The Train from Mombasa to Nairobi produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 442 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 Mombasa to Nairobi?
Operators on the Train from Mombasa to Nairobi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 47m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Mombasa to Nairobi on 15 September 2026: 442 km of route against 442 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 3h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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