His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta officially commissioned the revitalized 217km Nakuru-Kisumu Meter Gauge Railway (MGR) and the 465km Longonot – Malaba segment as well as the refurbished Nakuru Railway Station.
The iconic Nakuru Railway Station is a key transit station for cargo and passenger train services to and from Western Kenya, and is the aggregation hub for farm produce from the agriculturally rich Central Rift region for onward freight to the Coast for export.
Nakuru town started as a railway station on Kenyan-Uganda railway line at the turn of 20th century. It was built in 1900 and later expanded in 1957. It sits on the east side of the centre of Nakuru. The town is part of the famous ‘White Highlands settlement’ areas established by the British during the colonial era. The areas surrounding Nakuru town are mainly known for their vast agricultural potential especially cash crop farming i.e wheat, barley, pyrethrum, sisal, maize and beans. Nakuru railway station was built in order to serve the rapidly growing economy of the town.
Later branch lines were built to link the station to farming areas. Among these was the line linking the station to the sisal producing Solai area.

6.9 kilometres from Nakuru town lies Nakuru Junction station. This is the point at which the lines to Malaba and Kisumu diverge.