Athi River (MGR)

Athi River (MGR) is a railway station in Machakos County, Kenya. Athi River (MGR) is situated nearby to the town Kitengela.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gulf Energy Thermal Power Station.

Gulf Energy Thermal Power Station

Power station

Gulf Energy Thermal Power Station, also Athi River Thermal Power Station, is an 80.32 MW, heavy fuel oil-fired thermal power station in Kenya. This power station is one of about a dozen heavy fuel-fired power stations which offer the country backup capacity… Gulf Energy Thermal Power Station is situated 3½ km east of Athi River (MGR).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athi River and Kitengela.

Athi River

Town

Photo: DEMOSH, CC BY 2.0.

Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya in Machakos County. The town is named after the Athi River, which passes through. It is also known as Mavoko.

Kitengela

Town

Photo: Nairobi123, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kitengela is a municipality in the Kajiado County of Kenya, located 34 kilometres south of the capital Nairobi, forming part of the greater Metropolitan Area. Kitengela is situated 3½ km southwest of Athi River (MGR).

Syokimau

Suburb

Syokimau is a residential area in the west of Machakos County, Kenya, just south of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The place is named after the legendary Akamba medicine woman Prophetess Syokimau. Syokimau is situated 9 km northwest of Athi River (MGR).

Athi River (MGR)

Type: Railway station
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Machakos County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.44909° or 1° 26′ 57″ south

Longitude

36.97543° or 36° 58′ 32″ east

Operator

Kenya Railways Nairobi Commuter Rail/ Freight

Network

KR MGR

Open location code

6GCRHX2G+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3729213446

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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Satellite Map

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