Plans have been finalized by the Nigeria Railway Corporation to begin night operations prior to the second quarter of 2024.
This was revealed on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria by Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director of NRC.
“What is restricting us are the night operations, and that is not how trains should operate,” he said. The train is designed to run continuously. Although many would prefer to go in the evening, we are only able to do it during the day due to the nation’s security conditions.
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Because of the dry ports, Okhiria stated, “We intend to bring back passenger and freight trains from Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano, and Kaduna.”
This simply implies that the corporation will start operating six rail journeys each day on the standard gauge train throughout the board, according to the NRC DG.
According to him, there will now be six rail trips daily between Lagos-Ibadan, Warri-Itakpe, and Abuja-Kaduna. This entails three trips each way, totaling six trips in a day.
“The travels won’t start before 2024’s second quarter. They are currently making four journeys total—two up and two down.