Nairobi Railway City: Redefining the Cityscape and Unlocking Nairobi’s Transport Potential

The Government of Kenya through, Kenya Railways intends to redevelop the Nairobi Central Railway Station and its surrounding areas into a multi-modal, transit oriented, urban development dubbed Nairobi Railway City. The project is of great national significance and forms part of the core strategy for regeneration of Nairobi City, creating equilibrium between social benefits for the city and economic returns.

Positioned as a model for sustainable inner-city renewal, the initiative aims to revitalize the underutilised and congested railway corridor within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD). The project’s physical and conceptual nucleus is the historic Nairobi Central Railway Station, a key node in Kenya’s rail network

The project is of Strategic National Importance and forms part of the core strategy for regeneration of Nairobi City, creating equilibrium between social benefits for the city and economic returns.

An elaborate transport infrastructure will provide linkages by establishing the North-South and East-West connection across the current rail infrastructure.

A modernized central station will help ease CBD congestion by accommodating projected daily footfall of 400,000 by 2030 and up to 600,000 by 2045.

It aligns with broader national ambitions such as Kenya Vision 2030, contributing to socio-economic transformation through strategic infrastructure investment and urban planning.