For the next three months, travellers intending to use the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport express route will pay Sh250 for the ride.
The announcement was made by Kenya Railways on Thursday through a public notice as they gave out the schedule for the JKIA express route.
Initially, the authority had announced that it would charge Sh500 for the ride, causing a backlash from Kenyans.
"Why miss your flight? Get to and from JKIA with the Nairobi commuter train-DMU express service and connect seamlessly to over 10 flights daily to Mombasa and Kisumu,” the notice read.
Commuters from the airport will have two options to get to the city centre.
Those who arrive at dawn will have the option of boarding the BRT bus at 6am, via Embakasi station and arrive in the CBD at 6:54am Airport South Road has been specifically set aside for the BRT buses heading to JKIA
Another BRT bus will leave JKIA at 11.50am, arrive at Embakasi station by 12.05pm, leave after five minutes to arrive in the CBD by 12.44pm.
Commuters from CBD heading to the airport will board the first train from the central station at 5.45am and arrive at the Embakasi village station at 6.10am.
From there they will board BRT bus that will depart at 6.20am and arrive at the airport at 6.35am.
The second train will depart CBD at 11:00am, arrive at Embakasi 25 minutes later and reach JKIA at 11.50am. The last train will leave the CBD at 8.00pm, arrive in Embakasi at 8.25pm to link with BRT buses leaving at 8.35pm to arrive at JKIA at 9pm.
Transport CS James Macharia said the new route is aimed at easing the burden of air travellers who waste in traffic jams while heading to or leaving the airport.
The service targets airport users and workers.
It will take between 20-24 minutes to get to the airport using the JKIA express route.
Kenya Railways MD Philip Mainga said adequate security systems have been installed to ensure a smooth operation of the rail from the city to the airport.
The JKIA express way is an extension of the Nairobi commuter rail service and targets over 24,000 passengers, workers and other users.
The BRT buses will have a capacity of 52-80 passengers both while standing and seated.
The commuter rail is part of the master plan of an integrated commuter system within the city and its environs. It also comprises the Bus Rapid Transit, monorail and underground rail.
The project has been touted as a game-changer in the reduction of both vehicular and human traffic jams in the city.
It has cost the government Sh6.6 billion to upgrade the commuter service within Nairobi Metropolitan region, inclusive of non-motorized transport, creating integrated and modern ticketing systems and investments in access roads.
The Nairobi Commuter Rail Service was introduced in May 1992 in response to a series of strikes by the Matatu minibus operators.
But over the years, there has been a low level of demand, which, according to Mainga, has been due to poor standards of the station’s facilities.
