Syokimau railway station
Syokimau railway station is a railway station in Nairobi County, Kenya which is located on Old Mombasa Road. Syokimau railway station is situated nearby to Gertrude’s Children Hospital, as well as near the shopping center Gateway Mall.Photo: Nairobi123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Nairobi, Kenya
- Also known as: “Nairobi Syokimau”, “Syokimau Railway Station”, and “Syokimau train station”
- Address: Old Mombasa Road, Nairobi, 00100
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nairobi Terminus.
Nairobi Terminus
Railway station
Photo: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nairobi Terminus is a railway station on the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway located in Syokimau, just south of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Three passenger trains leave the station every day, an inter-county train that stops at all stations and two express trains that go directly to Mombasa Terminus. Nairobi Terminus is situated 1 km northwest of Syokimau railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Syokimau and Embakasi Pipeline.
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 3 km southeast of Syokimau railway station.
Embakasi Pipeline
Suburb
Photo: Phillip muema, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pipeline is a slum-like neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi in Kenya. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately 9.5 kilometres east of the central business district. Embakasi Pipeline is situated 4½ km north of Syokimau railway station.
Imara Daima
Suburb
Imara Daima is a middle class neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 8.2 kilometres south of the central business district of Nairobi. Imara Daima is situated 5 km northwest of Syokimau railway station.
Syokimau railway station
- Categories: dead-end railway station, building, station, and transportation
- Location: Nairobi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.36009° or 1° 21′ 36″ southLongitude
36.9068° or 36° 54′ 25″ eastOpen location code
6GCRJWQ4+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 369097636OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q98059750
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Syokimau railway station” goes by many names.
- French: “Syokimau”
- German: “Bahnhof Syokimau”
- German: “Nairobi Syokimau”
- Japanese: “ショキマウ駅”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gertrude’s Children Hospital and Gateway Mall.
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