Chaotic scenes were experienced at the SGR Mombasa terminus after Kenya Railways abruptly suspended the 10 pm train to Nairobi.
The move, which caught travellers unwares, left hundreds stranded at the Mombasa terminus.
Left with no option, some decided to pass time seated on the open fields in darkness.
Some of those stranded were coming from Summer Tides festival in Diani.
There was also heavy traffic caused by vehicles that had come to the terminus to drop their loved ones ahead of boarding the train.
The stranded passengers said they had not received any update from officials at the terminus over the matter.
Some passengers said they had arrived at the station two hours earlier to book their train to Nairobi, when they found the train service was unavailable.
"We were coming from summer tides but apparently, we got a notification from the SRG team that the 10 pm train has been suspended. Right now, all of us here are stranded, we don't know whether to book a bus, we have seen police road blocks, we don't know what is happening, we are very unsure," one passenger told Citizen TV.
"The SGR team has not communicated if they are going to issue a refund, they have not communicated if they are going to offer accommodation for us, they have locked us out of the terminus so what are we supposed to do and we are stranded?" he posed.
This comes after Kenya Railways announced a temporary suspension of the Sunday Madaraka Express 10 pm passenger train from Mombasa to Nairobi.
In a notice on Sunday, Kenya Railways said the disruption of the train services is due to technical issues.
“We regret to notify members of the public that due to technical issues, the Madaraka Express 10 pm passenger train from Mombasa to Nairobi has been suspended,” Kenya Railways said in a statement.
“Kenya Railways prioritises the safety of our passengers. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
