Mombasa 45 minutes. Mombasa currently has a modern railway station on the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway that replaced the century old station built by the British. Completed in 2017 by the Chinese and located at Miritini, the station links Mombasa to the rest of the Kenya. The station, situated about 20 kilometers from the city center, is accessible through the newly built (2018) highway, being the first phase of the larger Dongo Kundu bypass. Kenya Railways transports passengers and cargo through the Standard Gauge Railway between Nairobi to Mombasa. The journey takes approximately five hours between the two cities. Driving in
Lagos–Mombasa Highway west. The eastern section of the Lagos–Mombasa Highway is also the only part of the whole network where the name 'Trans-African Highway' is in common use and is seen on a few road signs. Lagos–Mombasa Highway The Lagos–Mombasa Highway (also known as the "Mombasa-Lagos Highway") is Trans-African Highway 8 and is the principal road route between West and East Africa. It has a length of and is contiguous with the Dakar-Lagos Highway with which it will form (when complete) the longest east-west crossing of the continent for a total distance of Part of the transcontinental road network under development by