Air Travel: The Moi International Airport Mombasa (The Mombasa Airport), serves the city of Mombasa, and is the second most important airport in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The airport is run by Kenya Airports Authority. It has two runways, 03/21 and 15/33. Runway 21 is equipped with ILS. It was named after former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi during his tenure (1978 - 2002). The airport was originally known as Port Reitz Airport, it was built during the Second World War by the British colonial government. It was expanded to an international airport in 1979.
Railway:
Mombasa has a
railway station
managed by The
Rift Valley
Railways (RVR)
Corporation
running
overnight
passenger trains
from Mombasa to
Nairobi twice a
week. Here you
can board first
class, second
class or third
class coaches,
the first class
being the most
expensive. The
RVR also runs a
cargo haulage
service which is
mostly used to
transport
cargo/containers from
the port of
Mombasa to the
inland and
vise-versa.
RVR operates a
single track
railway system
running from
Mombasa through
Nairobi to
Uganda with
branches to
Nanyuki, Kitale
and Kisumu.
There is another
branch which
connects Kenya
to Tanzania
through Taveta.
Tarmacked Road Network: Highways connect Mombasa to the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi and other parts of the country, former Tanzanian capital Dar-es Salaam while northward road link to the coastal resort town of Malindi and Lamu. Within Mombasa, most local people use Matatus (minibuses/minivans carrying a maximum of 14 passengers) to move between residential areas and Mombasa Island and Tuk-tuks - Vespa vans are used for commuting within the town with each one carrying a maximum of 3 passengers. Mombasa port is the largest in Kenya but there is little or no scheduled passenger service. International cruise ships frequent the port.
Kenya Ferry Services: There is no bridge between Mombasa Island and south coast, for this reason, the distance is served by ferries from Kilindini and Mtongwe to Likoni in south coast. The government of Kenya is making plans to buy new ferries to replace the old ones currently in operation, likewise the move is to cater for the increased population that has been recorded in Likoni and south coast in general in the recent past.
