The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the
Abuja-Kaduna rail services after a train derailed on the corridor.
A train said to be a few minutes from its destination in
Abuja derailed on Friday afternoon.
The incident was said to have occurred in the Kubwa area of
the federal capital territory (FCT).
The NRC said it suspended
services on the route, due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances,
the Abuja-Kaduna train services has been suspended,” the corporation said in an
update on its mobile application.
The development comes a few days after the Warri-Itakpe
train service derailed at kilometre 30 Ajaokuta-Itakpe section of the track.
Meanwhile, the Abuja-Kaduna train service has been
experiencing some difficulties in it operations recently.
Three days ago, passengers experienced delays on the route,
but the corporation blamed it on the poor quality of diesel it received.
“The delay was caused by the supply of diesel/AGO, which
fell short of the specification required to operate our rolling stock, which
was outrightly rejected after statutory laboratory test,” NRC had said.
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