All matatus have been locked out of Kenyatta Avenue and City Hall for the next five days.
This comes as the Nairobi Metropolitan Services is set to begin a phased test run at the newly constructed Green Park terminus.
"Please note that Kenyatta Avenue and City Hallway will not be used by PSVs," reads the public notice.
NMS Director-General Mohamed Badi announced all matatus from Eastlands that operate to KNH and have valid licenses and passenger capacity of 42 and above will continue to operate to KNH using Haile Selassie Avenue.
There is a matatu stage along Kenyatta Avenue outside General Post Office ( GPO) which mostly has PSVs plying on Ngong Road via Valley Road.
Most of the dominant matatus stationed there are Kenya Bus Service ( KBS) and City Hoppa.
The test run which is set to happen in phases will start on Wednesday until Sunday, June 26, 2022, when further communication will be done.
The test run will only be for matatu plying Rongai, Kiseran, Ngong, Karen, Langata, Naiorbi West/Madaraka, Kibra, Kawangware, Dagoretti/Satellite, Kilimani, Highrise/Ngumo and Kikuyu.
Therefore no matatu will be allowed to operate from the railway terminus during the test run.
“As a result, the Railways terminus will not be in use from Wednesday hence matatus using the terminus from Mombasa road will join Lusaka Road at Nyayo Stadium roundabout to Jogoo road roundabout, Landhies road to Hakati terminus,” reads the notice.
On Thursday, Green Park will be opened to PSVs using Ngong road, Lang'ata and Argwigs Kodhek roads.
The reopening has stalled despite President Uhuru Kenyatta inspecting it thrice last year, ahead of the commissioning.
Green Park is among six other termini that NMS has set up for Sh350 million to be official pick-up and drop off points once matatus are barred from the Central Business District.
Others include Desai, Park road, Ladhies Muthurwa, Fig Tree terminus and Bunyala-Workshop Road.
But Green Park is the biggest and will host matatus plying Ngong Road and Lang’ata routes.
