[2] The station is on the metre gauge Uganda Railway, and previously provided services to Mombasa three times per week.

[5] When the railway connection between Kenya and Tanzania closed in 2006, rail services ceased to operate between the two countries.

A bus route, however, provides international transport between Nairobi and Arusha, the journey taking approximately five hours.

[6] In 2012, the Kenyan government opened a new metro rail service from Nairobi station to the suburb of Syokimau.

The museum is connected to the main line by rail, allowing steam excursions on restored locomotives.