{"id":39549,"date":"2021-11-17T16:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=39549"},"modified":"2021-11-17T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:05:40","slug":"holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Travel Plans in Limbo After Trains Fully Booked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenyans seeking to travel from Nairobi to Mombasa using the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ahead of the festive season will have to resort to other means of transport.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement by the Kenya Railways on November 16, trains operating from the capital to the coastal city are fully booked ahead of the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The booking registry showed that the trains to Mombasa recorded 100% booking between December 23 and 24. Only a handful of seats are available on the 25th, and these will most likely be sold out soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trains are fully booked up to December 24. We have seen a change in the trend where passengers are booking their tickets earlier,\u201d Kenya railways confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Railways attributed the rush to secure tickets early to the large number of travellers trooping to the coast, with the majority going for holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The corporation stated that even for days leading to the festive season, a majority of the seats in the economy class which go for Ksh1,000 had already been booked. This means that those keen on travelling by train will have to pay more for first-class tickets, which are also moving fast.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, there are seats available for both classes from December 26. The same has been witnessed in other sectors, with public service vehicle operators reporting full booking.<\/p>\n<p>Bus and air travel companies which had registered lower numbers for the better part of the year and the more affordable train service are set to tap into the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of air tickets as well as bus fare has increased and is expected to hit the roof owing to a rise in demand. In past years, the transport industry has experienced crises during the festive season owing to an overwhelming number of people travelling.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kenyans still have the option of hiring vehicles. A majority of the companies charge per day and have an option of a driver. Alternatively, those travelling the same route can decide to car-pool and share the cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Kenyans seeking to travel from Nairobi to Mombasa using the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ahead of the festive season will have to resort to other means of transport. According to the statement by the Kenya Railways on November 16, trains operating from the capital to the coastal city are fully booked ahead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-39549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Travel Plans in Limbo After Trains Fully Booked - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenyans seeking to travel from Nairobi to Mombasa using the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ahead of the festive season wil ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Travel Plans in Limbo After Trains Fully Booked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenyans seeking to travel from Nairobi to Mombasa using the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) ahead of the festive season wil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-17T16:06:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img-61951a2c395f2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Holiday Travel Plans in Limbo After Trains Fully Booked\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-17T16:06:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/11\/img-61951a2c395f2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/holiday-travel-plans-in-limbo-after-trains-fully-booked\",\"name\":\"Holiday Travel Plans in Limbo After Trains Fully Booked - 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