Mr. Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), announced plans to commence six daily train journeys on the Standard Gauge Train network nationwide in 2024. Okhiria revealed this information during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.
“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 fro, 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 board.
“What is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way train should operate. 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 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,” Okhiria said.
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