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mmarto
#1 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 5:37:13 PM
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What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher

The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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murchr
#2 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 5:43:42 PM
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mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher



Panda busi then come tell us
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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mmarto
#3 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 5:45:34 PM
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murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher



Panda busi then come tell us

i cant seem to upload the comparison chart but @murchr go with facts

The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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murchr
#4 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 5:54:09 PM
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mmarto wrote:
murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher



Panda busi then come tell us

i cant seem to upload the comparison chart but @murchr go with facts



There's a thread in the green section highlighting the issues with the bus ride
The SGR ride is 5hrs by the way
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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mmarto
#5 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 6:07:58 PM
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murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher



Panda busi then come tell us

i cant seem to upload the comparison chart but @murchr go with facts



There's a thread in the green section highlighting the issues with the bus ride
The SGR ride is 5hrs by the way


i cant upload my pict.. it has actual comparisons. 5 hrs is train time. If you consider how long it takes to syokimau and then to msa CBD it is 8 hours
The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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murchr
#6 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 6:20:09 PM
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mmarto wrote:
murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
murchr wrote:
mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher



Panda busi then come tell us

i cant seem to upload the comparison chart but @murchr go with facts



There's a thread in the green section highlighting the issues with the bus ride
The SGR ride is 5hrs by the way


i cant upload my pict.. it has actual comparisons. 5 hrs is train time. If you consider how long it takes to syokimau and then to msa CBD it is 8 hours


If you take the commuter train at Syokimau you will be at railways in 30-45 mins

Personally, i swore NEVER to take a bus again.

In 2016 I took a bus from Nrb at 10:30pm and got to Msa the next day at 9. I took a night bus from Msa at 10:00 and got to alight out of it at 11Am the next morning.

If you get that bus that gets to Nrb in 8 hrs, good for you
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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shocks
#7 Posted : Friday, March 23, 2018 9:00:17 PM
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In 2015 I took a bus from Mombasa, left the town at 10am, got to Nairobi at 9pm. In 2017 I took from Nairobi, left at 10pm, got to Mombasa at 8am. You have to be lucky for it to take 8hrs by bus, and if you are unlucky and there is a snarl up at Taru or Lukenya, 24hrs it is
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Metch
#8 Posted : Saturday, March 24, 2018 9:07:51 AM
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shocks wrote:
In 2015 I took a bus from Mombasa, left the town at 10am, got to Nairobi at 9pm. In 2017 I took from Nairobi, left at 10pm, got to Mombasa at 8am. You have to be lucky for it to take 8hrs by bus, and if you are unlucky and there is a snarl up at Taru or Lukenya, 24hrs it is


The full benefits of SGR would be felt if we had a mass transit system at both ends.
Such comparisons as this would be dead on arrival
Start!
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mmarto
#9 Posted : Saturday, March 24, 2018 9:59:15 AM
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The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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Mukiri
#10 Posted : Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:23:54 AM
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mmarto wrote:
What is the actual difference between a road trip(Bus) and SGR. Please see a loose comparison I have come up with.

1. Time taken from Nairobi CBD to Msa CBD is same(8 hrs)
2. SGR fare is actually higher


Comfort, time and convenience does it for me. Comfort that I can stand and stretch my legs when I desire to do so, Time.. the four uninterrupted hours vs being at the mercy of a traffic jam or dusty road construction and convenience of getting to alight at different stages without having to shout my lungs out at the driver, who decides if and where to drop me depending on his mood!

Proverbs 19:21
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