The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, has concluded plans to
kickstart night operations before the second quarter of 2024.
The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this
during a recent interview with NAN.
However, he said insecurity is the major hindrance to the
commencement of night operations.
He stated that, “what is limiting us is the night
operations, and that is not the way trains should operate. The train is meant
to operate at all times. People may like to travel in the evening, but because
of the security situation in the country, we limit ourselves to the daytime.
“We intend to bring back passenger and freight trains from
Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano, and Kaduna because of the dry ports.
“We are going to increase the number of train trips to six
on Lagos-Ibadan, Warri-Itakpe, and Abuja-Kaduna, which means the trips will be
three times to and three times from, making six trips in a day.”
“The trips will commence before the second quarter of 2024
Right now, they are running four trips—two up and two down across the board”,
Okhiria said.
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