The Nigeria Railway Company has finalized plans to start night time operations earlier than the second quarter of 2024.
Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, introduced this on Monday throughout an interview with the Nigerian information company.
He started: “What limits us is the night time operations, and that’s not the way in which trains ought to function. The prepare is meant to run always. Folks might wish to journey within the night, however as a result of safety scenario within the nation, we restrict ourselves to in the course of the day.
“We plan to deliver again passenger and freight trains from Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano and Kaduna as a result of dry ports,” Okhiria stated.
Based on DG NRC, this merely implies that the corporate will make six prepare journeys per day throughout the board on the usual gauge prepare.
He stated: “We’re going to improve the variety of prepare journeys to 6 on Lagos-Ibadan, Warri-Itakpe and Abuja-Kaduna, which implies the journeys will likely be three spherical journeys and three spherical journeys, making six journeys per day. .
“The journeys will begin earlier than the second quarter of 2024. They’re at present working 4 journeys: two there and two throughout the board.
All rights reserved. This materials and different digital content material on this web site will not be reproduced, revealed, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed, in entire or partly, with out the prior specific written permission of PUNCH.
Contact: [email protected]
