This is post lists matatu routes in Nairobi city, stages, estate destinations numbers and how to locate them. Some of the most common bust stations in Nairobi are Railways, OTC, KENCOM, Odeon, muthurwa market bus terminus,  Afya Center, Ambassador or Archives and River road.

Fare Charges in Nairobi

Fare charges in Nairobi vary from time to time. Morning and evening hours also known us peaks hours see most matatus charging the highest fare. This is because this is when people are getting  and leaving work.

Matatus Routes that you should be aware of in CBD

Most matatus operating between Nairobi CBD and mlolongo are known to have crooks. You better be careful when you are newbie in this route. Other routes are fairly okay apart from a few cases  of misconducts.

Below is a table that will help you to get to your estate with ease

Matatu Route Number	Destination/ Bus-Stops	Bus pickup point in Nairobi
Matatu Route Number 1	Ngong Road, Citam/NPC Valley road, The Junction Mall, Dagoretti	General Post Office/ GPO
Matatu Route Number 2	Ngong Road, Citam/NPC Valley Rd, The junction Mall, Dagoretti Kikuyu	GPO  or KBS stage
Matatu Route  Number 3	Ngong Road, Adam;s Arcade, Dagoretti corner	GPO
Matatu Route Number 6	Eastleigh Area/ Pangani Girls/ Pangani Shopping Centre. Kariokor Market	Board the Matatu from Accra Rd or  Along Tom Mboya Street. They are usually mini-buses and they use the kariokor market route.
Matatu Route Number 7C	Community, Upper hill Area, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Doctors Plaza Silver Springs hotel, NTSA, Equity Center, TSC, German Center	Board the Citi Hoppa or KBS buses at Kencom House opp Hilton Hotel or beside KCB Bank along Moi avenue
Matatu Route Number 8	Ngong road, Kibera Slums/Kibra, Adams Arcade, Toi Market	Board the matatu from Railways bus station.
Matatu Route Number 9	Eastleigh Area.   Ngara Civil Servants Housing Scheme, K.I.E, Pangani Roundabout. Fig Tree Trade Center Ngara	Board the matatu at Tom Mboya Street or opposite Nairobi County Fire Station.   These matatus use the Ngara Route
Matatu Route Number 11	South B, Bellevue	Board the matatu from Railways Bus station
Matatu Route Number 15	Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi west &Madaraka (near the road), Tuskys T-mall, Wilson Airport, Carnivore Simba Sallon, Uhuru Gardens, Langata Shopping Centre, Otiende, Barracks, Langata Cemetry (on the lower side), Nairobi Safari walk and Nairobi National Park, Nairobi Animal Orphanage	Board the matatu from Bus Station main stage or further from the main stage at waiting matatus opp afya center. (the 2nd option is not always available and depends on absence of county askaris)
Matatu Route Number 14	Langata road upto T-Mall, Strathmore University, Nairobi West	Board Matatu at BS behind Afya Centre
Matatu Route Number 17B	Thika road, Thika super highway, Roysambu, Kasarani, Santon, Mwiki, St Francis Hospital,	Board the matatu from inside Kenya Bus Station or from outside BS near the St Peter Claviers Catholic Church. For Kasarani, you can also board MSL matatus at Imenti House (along Tom Mboya road)
Matatu Route Number 23	Kangemi, Westlands, Uhuru Highway, Kangemi, ABC place, Safaricom House, and Uhuru highway.	Board the Matatu at Odeon cinema / Latema Road off tom Mboya street
Matatu Route Number 24	Karen Shopping Centre, Hardy, all Langata road routes, Bogani, Bomas of  Kenya, Galleria Shopping Mall, Catholic University, Kenya School of Law, Nairobi Academy, Hill Crest International School, Animal protection, Co-op bank training centre, Giraffe Center, Karen C school.	Kenya Bus Station /BS, Mfangano street, or main buses at Kencom House Moi Avenue
Matatu Route Number 25	Baba Ndogo, Thika Road upto GSU flyover.	Board the matau from Timboroa Lane
Matatu Route Number 33	Ngumo Estate, KNH, Mbagathi, Masai Market	Board the matatu from opp St Peter Claviers Catholic church or near OTC /Salvation Army areas
Matatu Route Number 33	Embakasi route, through Jogoo road, donholm, City Stadium, Pipeline, Tumaini Estate and Fedha Estate, Avenue Estate	Board the matatu at Muthurwa market or along tom mboya street opp National Archives
Matatu Route Number 34	Langata Area through Mbagathi road, KNH, T-mall, Wilson Airport, Carnivore, Langata shopping Centre.	Board the Matatu from behind St Peters Clavers Church or Opposite OTC
Matatu Route Number 34 (buses)	JKIA, Jogoo Road, Embakasi, Fedha, Donholm, Pipeline, Utawala,  (Sometimes Mombasa Road)	Board the bus from Kencom or Ambassador stage
Matatu Routes Number 35/60	Umoja Innercore, Umoja I and Umoja II	Board bus at Ronald Ngala Street Mfangano street intersect opp Naivas Supermarket
Matatu Route Number 44	Kahawa West, Kamiti Maximum Prison, Zimmerman,  Githurai 44 Roysambu, USIU, Farmers Choice, Northern Bypass	Board bus from opposite Posta Ronald Ngala or matatus from Tuskys Beba beba (formerly)
Matatu Route Number 45	Thika Road, Thika Superhighway, Githurai 45	Board the buses from Nakumatt Ronald Ngala street (formerly) or opp Posta R/ngala
Matatu Route Number 58	Buru buru	Board at Tom Mboya Street opp National Archives
Matatu Number 100	Kiambu town, kiambu road, Sharks Palace Kiambu road, CID center,  Ridgeways, Rock city kiambu road, Muthaiga roundabout	Pick the matatu along Ronald Ngala Street all the way to Ring-road Ngara or opp St. peters Claviers Catholic Church
Matatu Number 102	Kikuyu Township, Dagoretii, Ngong road, The junction mall etc	Board from BS or Kencom
Matatu Number 105	Kikuyu via Uhuru highway, Westlands, Kangemi, Uthiru, Kinoo	Board the matatu along tom Mboya Street near National Archives or from Railways bus station
Matatu Number 106	Banana, Muchatha, village Market	Koja Mosque stage
Matatu Number 110	Kitengela, mlolongo, Athi river	Board from Railways station at the entrance near the railways bus station. Use Metro or Rembo shuttle.
Matatu Number 111	Ngong, Ngong road, Dagaoretti corner, (sometimes kiserian,)	Board from Kencom or Railways bus station.
Matatu Number 125/126	Ongata Rongai, Kiserian, Bomas of Kenya, Nazarene University, Catholic University, Multimedia University, Nairobi National Park/ orphanage, Safari walk, Langata Barracks, Galleria, Brookhouse International School, Langata hospital, Langata Police Station, Langata Cemetry	Board from Railways bus station
Matatu Number 146	Ruiru, Thika Road, Kahawa Wendani, Kahawa Barracks,  Kahawa Sukari, Kenyatta University/ KU, Ruiru Bypass	Board from Mumbi Lane off Ronald Ngala Street
Matatu Number 237	Thika town, all routes on Thika Road, Kahawa Ruiru

Taxi Drivers in Nairobi

You can either use taxi transport for now Taxi companies operating in Kenya like Little taxi and uber or pick a random taxi driver in town.

New Matatu Bus stages in Nairobi County

Nairobi County Made changes to the Bus stages. Below are the new routes from Nairobi CBD to main roads.

NOTE: The new stages have been removed from this post because Nairobi County lifted the ban on Matatu’s entering CBD. Therefore, the old stages shown above are still in operation. We will update this post once new stages are introduced.

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